Debian: 2120-1: postgresql-8.3: privilege escalation


 
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Old 10-12-2010
Debian: 2120-1: postgresql-8.3: privilege escalation

LinuxSecurity.com: Tim Bunce discovered that PostgreSQL, a database server software, does not properly separate interpreters for server-side stored procedures which run in different security contexts. As a result, non-privileged authenticated database users might gain additional privileges. [More...]

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PGSNAP(1)							   User Commands							 PGSNAP(1)

NAME
pgsnap - PostgreSQL report tool DESCRIPTION
pgsnap is a PostgreSQL tool that mimics orasnap performance report tool for Oracle. Usage: ./pgsnap [OPTIONS]... [DBNAME] General options: -a, --all build a report for all databases on the PostgreSQL server -d DBNAME specify database name to connect to (default: your login name) -o outputdir specify directory name where the reports will be created (default: the database name followed by 'snap_', followed by the date and time) -S, --without-sysobjects all reports will display informations on user objects only -S, --delete-if-exists delete output directory if it already exists --help show this help, then exit --version output version information, then exit Connection options: -h HOSTNAME database server host or socket directory (default: "localhost") -p PORT database server port (default: "5432") -U NAME database user name (default: your login name) -W prompt for password AUTHOR and CREDITS pgsnap is written and maintained by Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume at lelarge dot info> The pgsnap website: http://pgsnap.projects.postgresql.org/ This manpage was written by Pierre Chifflier <chifflier@debian.org> pgsnap 0.5.0 Feb 2010 PGSNAP(1)