CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-3466

7.8 HIGH Published 2019-11-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-11-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.

Affected configurations

• postgresql postgresql-common (< 210) • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 19.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 19.10 • debian debian linux 9.0 • debian debian linux 10.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References