Link Following Affecting postgresql-devel package, versions <0:9.2.23-3.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POSTGRESQLDEVEL-4771872
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Dec 2017

Introduced: 7 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-15097  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (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.

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.