pgsql: Make REPLICATION privilege checks test current user not authenti

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Make REPLICATION privilege checks test current user not authenti
Date: 2013-04-01 17:10:23
Message-ID: E1UMiFT-0008ME-85@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Make REPLICATION privilege checks test current user not authenticated user.

The pg_start_backup() and pg_stop_backup() functions checked the privileges
of the initially-authenticated user rather than the current user, which is
wrong. For example, a user-defined index function could successfully call
these functions when executed by ANALYZE within autovacuum. This could
allow an attacker with valid but low-privilege database access to interfere
with creation of routine backups. Reported and fixed by Noah Misch.

Security: CVE-2013-1901

Branch
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REL9_1_STABLE

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/b403f4107ba74bcf29499ba3e77e0eae70e62679

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c | 4 ++--
src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c | 6 +++---
src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 2 +-
src/include/miscadmin.h | 2 +-
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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