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CVE-2016-1255

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
05/12/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:postgresql-common:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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