vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-3466): postgresql-common vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 14, 2019
Added
Nov 15, 2019
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-postgresql-commonubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-common
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