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CVE-2019-3466

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which coul…

Impact

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
PostgresqlPostgresql-Common
before 210
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 9.0, 10.0

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