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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-1255

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common package in Debian wheezy before 134wheezy5, in Debian jessie before 165+deb8u2, in Debian unstable before 178, in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS before 129ubuntu1.2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 154ubuntu1.1, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 173ubuntu0.1, in Ubuntu 17.04 before 179ubuntu0.1, and in Ubuntu 17.10 before 184ubuntu1.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on a logfile in /var/log/postgresql.

  • Published: Dec 5, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-1255
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
debian / postgresql-common 1 1.x
debian / postgresql-common 2 2.x
debian / postgresql-common 3 3.x
debian / postgresql-common 4 4.x
debian / postgresql-common 5 5.x
debian / postgresql-common 6 6.x
debian / postgresql-common 7 7.x
debian / postgresql-common 8 8.x
debian / postgresql-common 9 9.x
debian / postgresql-common 10 10.x
debian / postgresql-common 11 11.x
debian / postgresql-common 12 12.x
debian / postgresql-common 13 13.x
debian / postgresql-common 14 14.x
debian / postgresql-common 15 15.x
debian / postgresql-common 16 16.x
debian / postgresql-common 17 17.x
debian / postgresql-common 18 18.x
debian / postgresql-common 19 19.x
debian / postgresql-common 20 20.x
debian / postgresql-common 21 21.x
debian / postgresql-common 22 22.x
debian / postgresql-common 23 23.x
debian / postgresql-common 24 24.x
debian / postgresql-common 25 25.x
debian / postgresql-common 26 26.x
debian / postgresql-common 27 27.x
debian / postgresql-common 28 28.x
debian / postgresql-common 29 29.x
debian / postgresql-common 30 30.x
debian / postgresql-common 31 31.x
debian / postgresql-common 32 32.x
debian / postgresql-common 33 33.x
debian / postgresql-common 34 34.x
debian / postgresql-common 35 35.x
debian / postgresql-common 36 36.x
debian / postgresql-common 37 37.x
debian / postgresql-common 38 38.x
debian / postgresql-common 39 39.x
debian / postgresql-common 40 40.x
debian / postgresql-common 41 41.x
debian / postgresql-common 42 42.x
debian / postgresql-common 43 43.x
debian / postgresql-common 44 44.x
debian / postgresql-common 45 45.x
debian / postgresql-common 46 46.x
debian / postgresql-common 47 47.x
debian / postgresql-common 48 48.x
debian / postgresql-common 49 49.x
debian / postgresql-common 50 50.x
debian / postgresql-common 51 51.x
debian / postgresql-common 52 52.x
debian / postgresql-common 53 53.x
debian / postgresql-common 54 54.x
debian / postgresql-common 55 55.x
debian / postgresql-common 56 56.x
debian / postgresql-common 57 57.x
debian / postgresql-common 58 58.x
debian / postgresql-common 59 59.x
debian / postgresql-common 60 60.x
debian / postgresql-common 61 61.x
debian / postgresql-common 62 62.x
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debian / postgresql-common 75 75.x
debian / postgresql-common 76 76.x
debian / postgresql-common 77 77.x
debian / postgresql-common 78 78.x
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debian / postgresql-common 80 80.x
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debian / postgresql-common 82 82.x
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debian / postgresql-common 84 84.x
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debian / postgresql-common 89 89.x
debian / postgresql-common 90 90.x
debian / postgresql-common 91 91.x
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debian / postgresql-common 95 95.x
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debian / postgresql-common 99 99.x
debian / postgresql-common 100 100.x
debian / postgresql-common 101 101.x
debian / postgresql-common 102 102.x
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debian / postgresql-common 104 104.x
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debian / postgresql-common 130 130.x
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debian / postgresql-common 164 164.x
debian / postgresql-common 122ubuntu1 122ubuntu1.x
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debian / postgresql-common 153bzr1 153bzr1.x
debian / postgresql-common 154ubuntu1 154ubuntu1.x
debian / postgresql-common 169git1 169git1.x
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debian / postgresql-common 172 172.x
debian / postgresql-common 172ubuntu1 172ubuntu1.x
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debian / postgresql-common 176+git1 176+git1.x
debian / postgresql-common 177git1 177git1.x
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debian / postgresql-common 181ubuntu1 181ubuntu1.x
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debian / postgresql-common 184 184.x
debian / postgresql-common 184ubuntu1 184ubuntu1.x