USN-3476-1: postgresql-common Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 09-11-2017Last modified 10-02-2026
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

USN-3476-1 is a vulnerability in postgresql-common Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
Not scored
0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2016-1255CVE-2017-8806

Timeline

  1. 09-11-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

postgresql-common vulnerabilities Dawid Golunski discovered that the postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster script incorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1255) It was discovered that the postgresql-common helper scripts incorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2017-8806)

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • postgresql-common< 154ubuntu1.1 | < 173ubuntu0.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links