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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-15097: Moderate: postgresql security update (CESA-2017:3402)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-15097: Moderate: postgresql security update (CESA-2017:3402)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2017
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-postgresql
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-contrib
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-devel
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-docs
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-libs
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-plperl
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-plpython
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-pltcl
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-server
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-static
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-test
  • centos-upgrade-postgresql-upgrade

References

  • CVE-2017-15097
  • RHSA-2017:3402
  • RHSA-2017:3403
  • RHSA-2017:3404
  • RHSA-2017:3405
  • 1039983

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