Executive Summary

Summary
Title postgresql-common vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4194-2 First vendor Publication 2019-12-03
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-12-03
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

postgresql-common could be made to create arbitrary directories.

Software Description: - postgresql-common: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager

Details:

USN-4194-1 fixed a vulnerability in postgresql-common. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

テつ Rich Mirch discovered that the postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster script テつ incorrectly handled directory creation. A local attacker could possibly use テつ this issue to escalate privileges.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: テつ postgresql-commonテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 154ubuntu1.1+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: テつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4194-2 テつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4194-1 テつ CVE-2019-3466

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4194-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 4
Os 2

Alert History

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Date Informations
2020-05-23 13:03:46
  • Multiple Updates
2019-12-03 21:19:40
  • First insertion