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CVE-2017-14798

Publication date 1 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.0 · High

Score breakdown

A race condition in the postgresql init script could be used by attackers able to access the postgresql account to escalate their privileges to root.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
postgresql-10 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
postgresql-9.1 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
postgresql-9.3 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
postgresql-9.5 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
postgresql-9.6 17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

SUSE initscript specific issue

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.0 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H