CVE-2017-12172
PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.
CVE-2017-12172
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2017-12172
postgresql
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Red Hat, Inc.",
"product": "postgresql",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.24"
}
]
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2017-12172
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- Event
- #29049 · Revision 1
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