USN-3476-1

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    USN-3476-1

    Published: 9 Nov 2017Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: postgresql-common vulnerabilities

    Details: Dawid Golunski discovered that the postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster script incorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1255) It was discovered that the postgresql-common helper scripts incorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2017-8806)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3476-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1255, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8806

    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