postgresql/src/include/fe_utils
Noah Misch e170b8c8c6 Empty search_path in Autovacuum and non-psql/pgbench clients.
This makes the client programs behave as documented regardless of the
connect-time search_path and regardless of user-created objects.  Today,
a malicious user with CREATE permission on a search_path schema can take
control of certain of these clients' queries and invoke arbitrary SQL
functions under the client identity, often a superuser.  This is
exploitable in the default configuration, where all users have CREATE
privilege on schema "public".

This changes behavior of user-defined code stored in the database, like
pg_index.indexprs and pg_extension_config_dump().  If they reach code
bearing unqualified names, "does not exist" or "no schema has been
selected to create in" errors might appear.  Users may fix such errors
by schema-qualifying affected names.  After upgrading, consider watching
server logs for these errors.

The --table arguments of src/bin/scripts clients have been lax; for
example, "vacuumdb -Zt pg_am\;CHECKPOINT" performed a checkpoint.  That
now fails, but for now, "vacuumdb -Zt 'pg_am(amname);CHECKPOINT'" still
performs a checkpoint.

Back-patch to 9.3 (all supported versions).

Reviewed by Tom Lane, though this fix strategy was not his first choice.
Reported by Arseniy Sharoglazov.

Security: CVE-2018-1058
2018-02-26 07:39:48 -08:00
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connect.h Empty search_path in Autovacuum and non-psql/pgbench clients. 2018-02-26 07:39:48 -08:00
mbprint.h Move psql's print.c and mbprint.c into src/fe_utils. 2016-03-24 18:27:28 -04:00
print.h Support \crosstabview in psql 2016-04-08 20:23:18 -03:00
psqlscan.h Move psql's psqlscan.l into src/fe_utils. 2016-03-24 20:28:47 -04:00
psqlscan_int.h Move psql's psqlscan.l into src/fe_utils. 2016-03-24 20:28:47 -04:00
simple_list.h Create src/fe_utils/, and move stuff into there from pg_dump's dumputils. 2016-03-24 15:55:57 -04:00
string_utils.h Fix assorted places in psql to print version numbers >= 10 in new style. 2016-08-16 15:58:46 -04:00