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SUSE: CVE-2017-14798: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-14798: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/27/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-postgresql
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-contrib
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-devel
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-docs
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-init
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-plperl
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-plpython
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-pltcl
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-server
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-server-devel
  • suse-upgrade-postgresql-test

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:3107-1
  • CVE-2017-14798

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