CVE-2016-1255

N/A
Published: December 5, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsPostgreSQL CommonDebian Linux· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-1
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3476-2
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/01/msg00002.html

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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