Link Following Affecting postgresql-devel package, versions <0:9.2.23-3.el7_4
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POSTGRESQLDEVEL-4750041
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed9 Nov 2017
Introduced: 9 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-12172 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 postgresql-devel to version 0:9.2.23-3.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:3402.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-devel package and not the postgresql-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.