ubuntu-cve-2019-3466
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-11-14 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:45
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "postgresql",
"binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client",
"binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client-common",
"binary_version": "154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-common",
"binary_version": "154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-contrib",
"binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-all",
"binary_version": "154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
"name": "postgresql-common",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@154ubuntu1.1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"148",
"150",
"151",
"152",
"153",
"153bzr1",
"154",
"154ubuntu1",
"154ubuntu1.1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "postgresql",
"binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client",
"binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client-common",
"binary_version": "173ubuntu0.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-common",
"binary_version": "173ubuntu0.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-contrib",
"binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-all",
"binary_version": "173ubuntu0.3"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "postgresql-common",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@173ubuntu0.3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "173ubuntu0.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"169git1",
"170",
"171",
"172",
"172ubuntu1",
"173",
"173ubuntu0.1",
"173ubuntu0.2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "postgresql",
"binary_version": "10+190ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-all",
"binary_version": "10+190ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client",
"binary_version": "10+190ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-client-common",
"binary_version": "190ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-common",
"binary_version": "190ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-contrib",
"binary_version": "10+190ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-all",
"binary_version": "190ubuntu0.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "postgresql-common",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@190ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "190ubuntu0.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"184ubuntu1",
"188ubuntu1",
"189",
"190"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn\u0027t drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3466",
"modified": "2025-09-08T16:45:13Z",
"published": "2019-11-14T00:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3466"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4194-1"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4194-2"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3466"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-4194-1",
"USN-4194-2"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2019-3466"
]
}
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