CVE-2019-3466
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.12%postgresql-common - security update
Published: 11/20/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/postgresql-commonfrom 0, < 0
- Debian/postgresql-commonfrom 0, < 210
- Debian/postgresql-commonfrom 0, < 165+deb8u4
- Debian/postgresql-commonfrom 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 |