CVE-2014-0067 Information

Description

The \make check\ command for the test suites in PostgreSQL 9.3.3 and earlier does not properly invoke initdb to specify the authentication requirements for a database cluster to be used for the tests which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this cluster.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65721 https://support.apple.com/HT205219 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031