Privilege escalation flaws were found in the 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.
Find out more about CVE-2017-12172 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Satellite 5 are now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (postgresql) | RHSA-2017:3402 | 2017-12-08 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:3404 | 2017-12-08 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql96-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:3405 | 2017-12-08 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:3403 | 2017-12-08 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:3403 | 2017-12-08 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql96-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:3405 | 2017-12-08 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:3404 | 2017-12-08 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | rh-postgresql95-postgresql | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | postgresql | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql84 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql | Will not fix |
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