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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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.
    (CVE-2019-3466)

Rich Mirch discovered that the pg_ctlcluster script didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.

Rich Mirch discovered that the pg_ctlcluster script didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.

For the oldoldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 165+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-common packages.

For the detailed security status of postgresql-common please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/postgresql-common

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4194-1 advisory.

    Rich Mirch discovered that the postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster script incorrectly handled directory     creation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
406502	Alpine: postgresql-common: security update to 0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
406502	Alpine: postgresql-common: security update to 0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
131086	Debian DSA-4568-1 : postgresql-common - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
131085	Debian DLA-1994-1 : postgresql-common security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
131074	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : postgresql-common vulnerability (USN-4194-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2019-3466

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