CVE-2019-3466 — Improper Privilege Management in Postgresql Postgresql-common

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management6 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Postgresql Postgresql-commonDebian Postgresql-commonCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 20
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/postgresql-common< postgresql-common 210 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10

Patches

Patch: blog.mirch.io ↗Patch: blog.mirch.io ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rhrq-jx2f-79g7: The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, w↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-3466: The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, w↗2019-11-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
postgresql-common vulnerability↗2019-12-03
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Ubuntu
postgresql-common vulnerability↗2019-11-14
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Debian
CVE-2019-3466: postgresql-common - The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't dr...↗2019
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