DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3466

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3466
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3466.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3466
Upstream
Published
2019-11-20T18:15:10.977Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:01:55.105065Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / postgresql-common

Package

Name
postgresql-common
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/postgresql-common?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
210

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3466.json"

Debian:12 / postgresql-common

Package

Name
postgresql-common
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/postgresql-common?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
210

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3466.json"

Debian:13 / postgresql-common

Package

Name
postgresql-common
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/postgresql-common?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
210

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3466.json"

Debian:14 / postgresql-common

Package

Name
postgresql-common
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/postgresql-common?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
210

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3466.json"