Description
The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common package in Debian wheezy before 134wheezy5, in Debian jessie before 165+deb8u2, in Debian unstable before 178, in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS before 129ubuntu1.2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 154ubuntu1.1, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 173ubuntu0.1, in Ubuntu 17.04 before 179ubuntu0.1, and in Ubuntu 17.10 before 184ubuntu1.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on a logfile in /var/log/postgresql.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/01/msg00002.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-1
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-postgresql/postgresql-common.git/commit/?id=c8989206ec360f199400c74f129f7b4cb878c1ee
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-2
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0042
EPSS Percentile
33.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (50)
debian/postgresql-common
1
debian/postgresql-common
2
debian/postgresql-common
3
debian/postgresql-common
4
debian/postgresql-common
5
debian/postgresql-common
6
debian/postgresql-common
7
debian/postgresql-common
8
debian/postgresql-common
9
debian/postgresql-common
10
... and 40 more
Published
Dec 05, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026