USN-3476-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3476-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3476-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3476-1

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Published

2017-11-09T19:28:04.754906Z

Modified

2017-11-09T19:28:04.754906Z

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / postgresql-common

Package

Name: postgresql-common
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

154ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

Other

148

150

151

152

153

153bzr1

154

154ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "154ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "154ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3+154ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "154ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-all"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / postgresql-common

Package

Name: postgresql-common
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

173ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

Other

169git1

170

171

172

172ubuntu1

173

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "173ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "173ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5+173ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "173ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-all"
        }
    ]
}