Privilege escalation in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - CVE-2017-15097
Published: December 12, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9616
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15097
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a race condition in several of the initialization and setup scripts. A local attacker with 'postgres' user privileges can obtain root privileges.
The weakness exists due to a race condition in several of the initialization and setup scripts. A local attacker with 'postgres' user privileges can obtain root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15097
Install update from vendor's website.