UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3466

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3466
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3466.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3466
Upstream
Downstream
USN (2)
Related
Published
2019-11-14T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T03:43:00Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / postgresql-common

Package

Name
postgresql-common
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@154ubuntu1.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
154ubuntu1.1+esm1

Affected versions

Other
148
150
151
152
153
153bzr1
154
154ubuntu1
154ubuntu1.*
154ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql",
            "binary_version":  "9.3+154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-client",
            "binary_version":  "9.3+154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-client-common",
            "binary_version":  "154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-common",
            "binary_version":  "154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-contrib",
            "binary_version":  "9.3+154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-server-dev-all",
            "binary_version":  "154ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3466.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / postgresql-common

Package

Name
postgresql-common
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@173ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
173ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

Other
169git1
170
171
172
172ubuntu1
173
173ubuntu0.*
173ubuntu0.1
173ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql",
            "binary_version":  "9.5+173ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-client",
            "binary_version":  "9.5+173ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-client-common",
            "binary_version":  "173ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-common",
            "binary_version":  "173ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-contrib",
            "binary_version":  "9.5+173ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-server-dev-all",
            "binary_version":  "173ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3466.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / postgresql-common

Package

Name
postgresql-common
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@190ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
190ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

Other
184ubuntu1
188ubuntu1
189
190

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql",
            "binary_version":  "10+190ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-all",
            "binary_version":  "10+190ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-client",
            "binary_version":  "10+190ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-client-common",
            "binary_version":  "190ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-common",
            "binary_version":  "190ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-contrib",
            "binary_version":  "10+190ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "postgresql-server-dev-all",
            "binary_version":  "190ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3466.json"