PT-2018-5718 · Postgresql+1 · Postgresql+1

Johannes Segitz · Published 2017-11-27 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-14798

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: postgresql (affected versions not specified)

Description: A race condition in the postgresql init script could allow attackers with access to the postgresql account to escalate their privileges to root.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-61

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-14798

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11183-1

SUSE-SU-2017:3107-1

SUSE-SU-2017_3107-1

Affected Products

Suse

Postgresql

References · 10

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45184 · Exploit
• http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-November/003420.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14798 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:3107-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20173107-1 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1062722 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798 · Note
• https://suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798 · Note