Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise_linux_desktop | Redhat | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux_server | Redhat | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux_server_aus | Redhat | 7.4 (including) | 7.4 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux_server_eus | Redhat | 7.4 (including) | 7.4 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux_server_eus | Redhat | 7.5 (including) | 7.5 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux_workstation | Redhat | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |