CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-3466

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Nov 20, 2019 | Modified: Dec 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didnt drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Postgresql-common Postgresql * 210 (excluding)
Postgresql-common Ubuntu bionic *
Postgresql-common Ubuntu devel *
Postgresql-common Ubuntu disco *
Postgresql-common Ubuntu eoan *
Postgresql-common Ubuntu trusty *
Postgresql-common Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Postgresql-common Ubuntu upstream *
Postgresql-common Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References