1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Severity: Low

CVSSv3: 6.8 [CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C] [PCI]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3466

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to pg_ctlcluster does not drop privileges before creating sockets and temporary directories outside "/var/run/postgresql". A local user can create arbitrary directories on the system during application startup or reload and elevate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

postgresql-common - 154ubuntu1.1+esm1

Vulnerable software versions

postgresql-common (Ubuntu package): 154, 154ubuntu1, 154ubuntu1.1

CPE

• cpe:/a:canonical:postgresql-common_ubuntu_package:154ubuntu1.1:
• cpe:/a:canonical:postgresql-common_ubuntu_package:154:
• cpe:/a:canonical:postgresql-common_ubuntu_package:154ubuntu1:

External links

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4194-2/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.