CVE-2017-14798

local privilege escalation in SUSE postgresql init script

State: Published
Severity: 7.3 High
Published: Mar 1, 2018
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Sep 27, 2017

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.0	7.3 High	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	microfocus

Weaknesses

CWE-61

Affected Products

Product	Versions
postgresql-initsuse	9.4-0.5.3.1 and earlierAffected

References

45184exploit
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722
https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798/
SUSE-SU-2017:3107vendor-advisory

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