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CVE-2017-14798

local privilege escalation in SUSE postgresql init script

Published: 3/1/2018 Last updated: 9/16/2024 Reserved: 9/27/2017

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.

CNA assigner: microfocus (f81092c5-7f14-476d-80dc-24857f90be84) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

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

Opam packages affected (5)

conf-mingw-w64-postgresql-i686 conf-mingw-w64-postgresql-x86_64 conf-postgresql ocsigen-start postgresql

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
postgresql-init suse unspecified

References (8)

Credits (1)