CVE-2019-3466
postgresql-common - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.12%
Description
The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.
How to fix CVE-2019-3466
To remediate CVE-2019-3466, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/postgresql-common—upgrade to 0 or later
- —upgrade to 210 or later
- —upgrade to 165+deb8u4 or later
- —upgrade to 181+deb9u3 or later
Is CVE-2019-3466 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 0
- from 0, < 210
- from 0, < 165+deb8u4
- from 0, < 181+deb9u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |