UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0218

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-0218
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0218.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0218
Related
Published
2025-01-07T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-02-13T16:32:15Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

When batch jobs are executed by pgAgent, a script is created in a temporary directory and then executed. In versions of pgAgent prior to 4.2.3, an insufficiently seeded random number generator is used when generating the directory name, leading to the possibility for a local attacker to pre-create the directory and thus prevent pgAgent from executing jobs, disrupting scheduled tasks.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / pgagent

Package

Name
pgagent
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pgagent@3.4.1-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.0-3build1
3.4.1-1
3.4.1-1build1
3.4.1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / pgagent

Package

Name
pgagent
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pgagent@3.4.1-5build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.1-4
3.4.1-5
3.4.1-5build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / pgagent

Package

Name
pgagent
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pgagent@4.0.0-6build1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.0-5
4.0.0-6
4.0.0-6build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / pgagent

Package

Name
pgagent
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pgagent@4.2.1-2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.0-8build1
4.2.1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / pgagent

Package

Name
pgagent
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pgagent@4.2.2-3build2?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

4.*

4.2.2-3build2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / pgagent

Package

Name
pgagent
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pgagent@4.2.2-3build2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

4.*

4.2.2-2build1
4.2.2-3
4.2.2-3build1
4.2.2-3build2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}