UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1255

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1255

    Published: 20 Dec 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1255

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1255, https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-postgresql/postgresql-common.git/log/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3476-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3476-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1255

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: postgresql-common

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -154ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    148

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High