CVE-2017-15097 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-07-27 20:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-09 23:24:00

Affected Software

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Advanced mission critical Update Support (AUS) 7.4

7.4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.4

7.4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.5

7.5

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

References

1039983

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

RHSA-2017:3402

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2017:3403

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2017:3404

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2017:3405

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15097

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

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