usn-3476-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-11-09 19:28
Modified
2026-02-10 04:41
Summary
postgresql-common vulnerabilities
Details
Dawid Golunski discovered that the postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster script incorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1255)
It was discovered that the postgresql-common helper scripts incorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2017-8806)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"affected": [
{
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{
"id": "CVE-2016-1255",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2017-8806",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "postgresql",
"binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client",
"binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client-common",
"binary_version": "154ubuntu1.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-common",
"binary_version": "154ubuntu1.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-contrib",
"binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-all",
"binary_version": "154ubuntu1.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
"name": "postgresql-common",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@154ubuntu1.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
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{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "154ubuntu1.1"
}
],
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}
],
"versions": [
"148",
"150",
"151",
"152",
"153",
"153bzr1",
"154",
"154ubuntu1"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
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{
"id": "CVE-2016-1255",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2017-8806",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "postgresql",
"binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client",
"binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client-common",
"binary_version": "173ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-common",
"binary_version": "173ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-contrib",
"binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-all",
"binary_version": "173ubuntu0.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "postgresql-common",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@173ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
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}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"169git1",
"170",
"171",
"172",
"172ubuntu1",
"173"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Dawid Golunski discovered that the postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster script\nincorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this\nissue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1255)\n\nIt was discovered that the postgresql-common helper scripts incorrectly\nhandled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\nescalate privileges. (CVE-2017-8806)\n",
"id": "USN-3476-1",
"modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:14Z",
"published": "2017-11-09T19:28:04Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3476-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1255"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8806"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "postgresql-common vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1255",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8806"
]
}
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