Revoke PUBLIC EXECUTE on lo_import() and lo_export(). - #52
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@ibrarahmad please change this to use version 1.3.0 which is still unreleased, not 1.4.0. |
These read and write files on the server as the account PostgreSQL runs under, so core revokes EXECUTE on them from PUBLIC. lolor replaces them by renaming the originals to *_orig and creating its own. An ACL belongs to a function rather than to a name, so the restriction stayed on the parked original while each replacement was created with the default of EXECUTE TO PUBLIC: any database user could read an arbitrary server file with lo_import() or overwrite one with lo_export(). Versions 1.0 through 1.3.0 are affected. Lock the replacements down at install time and add a 1.3.0 to 1.4.0 upgrade script that revokes on both the enabled and the disabled spellings. Also drop the trusted marking: installing lolor renames functions in pg_catalog for the whole database, which a non-superuser should not be able to do.
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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 120-121: Update the README upgrade guidance for versions 1.0
through 1.2.2 to say that a superuser must perform the upgrade when the
extension was installed by a non-superuser, so the PUBLIC file-access privileges
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Document who must perform the security upgrade.
If a non-superuser installed an earlier trusted release, that extension owner cannot update it after trusted becomes false. PostgreSQL now requires a superuser for the update. Tell readers to have a superuser run the upgrade; otherwise they may leave the PUBLIC file-access privileges in place. (postgresql.org)
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In `@README.md` around lines 120 - 121, Update the README upgrade guidance for
versions 1.0 through 1.2.2 to say that a superuser must perform the upgrade when
the extension was installed by a non-superuser, so the PUBLIC file-access
privileges are revoked.
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Stacked on #51. Security fix — affects 1.0 through 1.2.2
lo_import()andlo_export()read and write files on the server as theaccount PostgreSQL runs under, so core revokes
EXECUTEon them fromPUBLIC.lolor replaces them by renaming the originals to
*_orig. An ACL belongs to afunction, not a name — so the restriction stayed on the parked original
while each replacement was created with the default
EXECUTE TO PUBLIC. Anyuser could read an arbitrary server file with
lo_import('/etc/passwd')oroverwrite one with
lo_export().Verified against 1.2.2: all three functions report PUBLIC execute
tbefore,fafter the upgrade.Fix: lock the replacements down in
lolor--1.0.sql; add the 1.2.2→1.3.0upgrade script revoking on both the enabled (
lo_import) and disabled(
lolor_lo_import) spellings, so it lands whichever state an install is in.Both paths tested. Also drop the
trustedmarking — installing lolor renamesfunctions in
pg_catalogfor the whole database.Coverage: regression test on the ACL of both replacement and parked
original, plus
t/007_file_privileges.pl.