CVE-2016-1255

2016-12-2000:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

7.2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu14.04noarchpostgresql-common< 154ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchpostgresql-common< 173ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN