VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-14798
A race condition in the postgresql init script could be used by attackers able to access the postgresql account to escalate their privileges to root.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 1.00%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A race condition in the postgresql init script could be used by attackers able to access the postgresql account to escalate their privileges to root.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.00% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-61, CWE-362
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql · suse/suse linux enterprise server
- Source
- security@opentext.com
References
- http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-November/003420.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45184/
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798/
- http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-November/003420.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45184/
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.