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CNVD-2017-36438

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2017-12-07

Title

多款产品postgresql-common包权限提升漏洞

Description

Debian是Debian Project合作组织创建的以Linux或FreeBSD为内核的自由操作系统。wheezy、jessie和unstable都是Debian的分支版本。Ubuntu是英国科能（Canonical）公司和Ubuntu基金会共同开发的一套以桌面应用为主的GNU/Linux操作系统。postgresql-common package是一个使用在Linux中的PostgresSQL数据库集群管理器。多款产品中的postgresql-common包的pg_ctlcluster脚本存在安全漏洞。本地攻击者可通过对/var/log/postgresql中的日志文件实施符号链接攻击利用该漏洞获取root权限。

Severity

中

Patch Name

多款产品postgresql-common包权限提升漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Formal description

目前厂商已发布升级补丁以修复漏洞，补丁获取链接： https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-2/

Reference

https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-1/ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1255

Impacted products

Name
['Debian Debian wheezy <178', 'Debian Debian jessie <165+deb8u2', 'Debian Debian unstable <134wheezy5']

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CVE-2016-1255 (GCVE-0-2016-1255)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-05 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:48

Summary

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common package in Debian wheezy before 134wheezy5, in Debian jessie before 165+deb8u2, in Debian unstable before 178, in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS before 129ubuntu1.2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 154ubuntu1.1, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 173ubuntu0.1, in Ubuntu 17.04 before 179ubuntu0.1, and in Ubuntu 17.10 before 184ubuntu1.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on a logfile in /var/log/postgresql.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

debian CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 2 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-postgresql/po…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-2	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Date Public

2016-12-20 00:00

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