Document search_path security with untrusted dbowner or CREATEROLE.

Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>

Commit: b97857b67659afda917bef87ac03bb99781db878
Author: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Date: 2019-12-08T19:06:30Z
Releases: 11.7
Document search_path security with untrusted dbowner or CREATEROLE.

Commit 5770172cb0c9df9e6ce27c507b449557e5b45124 wrote, incorrectly, that
certain schema usage patterns are secure against CREATEROLE users and
database owners.  When an untrusted user is the database owner or holds
CREATEROLE privilege, a query is secure only if its session started with
SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '', false) or equivalent.
Back-patch to 9.4 (all supported versions).

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20191013013512.GC4131753@rfd.leadboat.com

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