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GHSA-934J-74PQ-C42G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:43 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:43

Details

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 ?

7.0 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-01 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:20

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

microfocus

References

URL

Tags

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	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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	http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-upda…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	suse	postgresql-init	Affected: unspecified , ≤ 9.4-0.5.3.1 (custom)

Credits

Johannes Segitz of SUSE

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