{"id":"USN-3476-1","summary":"postgresql-common vulnerabilities","details":"Dawid Golunski discovered that the postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster script\nincorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this\nissue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1255)\n\nIt was discovered that the postgresql-common helper scripts incorrectly\nhandled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\nescalate privileges. (CVE-2017-8806)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:14Z","published":"2017-11-09T19:28:04Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1255","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8806"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1255","CVE-2017-8806","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1255","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8806"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3476-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1255"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8806"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"postgresql-common","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@154ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"154ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["148","150","151","152","153","153bzr1","154","154ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"postgresql","binary_version":"9.3+154ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-client","binary_version":"9.3+154ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-client-common","binary_version":"154ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-common","binary_version":"154ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-contrib","binary_version":"9.3+154ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-server-dev-all","binary_version":"154ubuntu1.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-1255","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2017-8806","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3476-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"postgresql-common","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-common@173ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"173ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["169git1","170","171","172","172ubuntu1","173"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"postgresql","binary_version":"9.5+173ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-client","binary_version":"9.5+173ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-client-common","binary_version":"173ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-common","binary_version":"173ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-contrib","binary_version":"9.5+173ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-server-dev-all","binary_version":"173ubuntu0.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-1255","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2017-8806","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3476-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}