CVE-ID |
CVE-2017-12172
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• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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Description |
PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10,
9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs
under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers
have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system
account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server
during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems
provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several
implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can
replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or
chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database
superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.
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References |
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Assigning CNA |
Red Hat, Inc. |
Date Entry Created |
20170801 |
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discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly
disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20170801) |
Votes (Legacy) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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