VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-15097
Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL.
MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.54%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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
- 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039983Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3402Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3403Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3404Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3405Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15097Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039983Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3402Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3403Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3404Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3405Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15097Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.