CVE-2017-14798

Publication date 1 March 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.0 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
postgresql-10 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
postgresql-9.1 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
postgresql-9.3 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
postgresql-9.5 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
postgresql-9.6 17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

SUSE initscript specific issue

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.0 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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