Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-12172
PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 20.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.7
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101949
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039752
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3402
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3403
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3404
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3405
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1801/
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101949
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039752
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3402
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3403
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3404
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3405
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1801/
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
Products affected by CVE-2017-12172
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:10
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.12
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.13
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.14
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.15
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.16
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.17
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.18
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.19
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.20
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.21
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.22
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.23
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.10
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.11
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.12
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.13
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.14
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.15
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.16
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.17
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.18
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.19
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.9
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.10
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.11
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.12
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.13
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.14
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.9
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.5