CVE-2016-1255 Information

Description

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common package in Debian wheezy before 134wheezy5 in Debian jessie before 165+deb8u2 in Debian unstable before 178 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS before 129ubuntu1.2 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 154ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 173ubuntu0.1 in Ubuntu 17.04 before 179ubuntu0.1 and in Ubuntu 17.10 before 184ubuntu1.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on a logfile in /var/log/postgresql.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-2 https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-postgresql/postgresql-common.git/commit/?id=c8989206ec360f199400c74f129f7b4cb878c1ee https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/01/msg00002.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8