CVE-2017-14798

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14798
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-01 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:39:00 UTC
DescriptionA race condition in the postgresql init script could be used by attackers able to access the postgresql account to escalate their privileges to root.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE-SU-2017:3107-1: moderate: Security update for postgresql-init lists.suse.com
Bug 1062722 – VUL-0: CVE-2017-14798: postgresql-init: LPE via postgres init script bugzilla.suse.com
CVE-2017-14798 | SUSE www.suse.com
PostgreSQL 9.4-0.5.3 - Privilege Escalation - Linux local Exploit www.exploit-db.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Johannes Segitz of SUSE

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