vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-3476-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "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",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1255",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8806"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2017-11-09T19:28:04Z",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:14Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "postgresql-common",
        "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": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-8806",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "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": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "postgresql-common",
        "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": {
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          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-1255",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-8806",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "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": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ]
}