REDHAT-BUG-237682

First published: Tue Apr 24 2007(Updated: )

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED ERRATA - CVE-2007-2138 PostgreSQL security-definer function privilege escalation" href="show_bug.cgi?id=237680">Bug #237680</a> +++ Quoting the PostgreSQL release notes: <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/release-8-2-4.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/release-8-2-4.html</a> Support explicit placement of the temporary-table schema within search_path, and disable searching it for functions and operators (Tom) This is needed to allow a security-definer function to set a truly secure value of search_path. Without it, an unprivileged SQL user can use temporary objects to execute code with the privileges of the security-definer function (<a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2138">CVE-2007-2138</a>). See CREATE FUNCTION for more information. This flaw also affects FC5 and FC7

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