CVE-2017-12172 (GCVE-0-2017-12172)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-22 19:00
Modified
2026-10-15 15:51
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Red Hat, Inc. | postgresql |
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 |
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