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CVE Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2017-14798

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Assigner Org ID-f81092c5-7f14-476d-80dc-24857f90be84

Published At-01 Mar, 2018 | 19:00

Updated At-16 Sep, 2024 | 19:20

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local privilege escalation in SUSE postgresql init script

A race condition in the postgresql init script could be used by attackers able to access the postgresql account to escalate their privileges to root.

Affected Products

Vendor

SUSE

Product

postgresql-init

Versions

Affected

From unspecified through 9.4-0.5.3.1 (custom)

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
text	N/A	creation of directory could follow symlinks
CWE	CWE-61	CWE-61

Metrics

Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
3.0	7.3	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Solutions

Update to the update packages.

Credits

Johannes Segitz of SUSE

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45184/	exploit x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-November/003420.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE

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CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45184/	exploit x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB x_transferred
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798/	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-November/003420.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred

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