DSA-4568-1 postgresql-common -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4568-1 postgresql-common -- security update

Date Reported:

14 Nov 2019

Affected Packages:

postgresql-common

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-3466.

More information:

Rich Mirch discovered that the pg_ctlcluster script didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 181+deb9u3.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 200+deb10u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-common packages.

For the detailed security status of postgresql-common please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/postgresql-common