CVE-2017-14798 (GCVE-0-2017-14798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-01 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:20
VLAI
Title
local privilege escalation in SUSE postgresql init script
Summary
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.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • creation of directory could follow symlinks
  • CWE-61
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
suse postgresql-init Affected: unspecified , ≤ 9.4-0.5.3.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2017-11-27 00:00
Credits
Johannes Segitz of SUSE
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