CVE-2019-3466 (GCVE-0-2019-3466)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-11-20 17:16
Modified
2024-08-04 19:12
Severity ?
CWE
  • Insufficient drop of privileges
Summary
The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a postgresql-common (Debian-specific Postgres management tools) Version: Versions before 210
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