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CVE-2017-15097 json

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL.

published 2018-07-27 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6564

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat 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.

Patch / fix

  • rh-postgresql96-postgresql RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.6.5-2.el6
  • rh-postgresql96-postgresql RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.6.5-2.el7
  • rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.6.5-2.el6
  • rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.6.5-2.el7
  • rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.6.5-2.el6
  • rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.6.5-2.el7
  • rh-postgresql96-postgresql-pltcl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.6.5-2.el6
  • rh-postgresql96-postgresql-pltcl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.6.5-2.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:3405RHSA-2017:3404RHSA-2017:3403RHSA-2017:3402

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-15097 updated cvss 6.5

postgresql: Start scripts permit database administrator to modify root-owned files

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql, postgresql84 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +2 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 rh-postgresql94-postgresql, rh-postgresql95-postgresql Red Hat Satellite 5 postgresql92-postgresql
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-libs 9.2.23-3.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-test 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-plperl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-server 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-contrib 9.2.23-3.el7_4, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-libs 9.2.23-3.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-test 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-plperl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-server 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-contrib 9.2.23-3.el7_4, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-libs 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-test 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-plperl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-server 9.2.23-3.el7_4, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) postgresql-upgrade 9.2.23-3.el7_4
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-libs 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-test 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-plperl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-server 9.2.23-3.el7_4, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) postgresql-upgrade 9.2.23-3.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-libs 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-test 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-plperl 9.2.23-3.el7_4, postgresql-server 9.2.23-3.el7_4, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) postgresql-upgrade 9.2.23-3.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3402
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.9-4.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.5-2.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.14-2.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.9-4.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.9-4.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.5-2.el6, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.5-2.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.14-2.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.5-2.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.9-4.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.5-2.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.14-2.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.9-4.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.9-4.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.5-2.el6, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.5-2.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.14-2.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.5-2.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.5-2.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.14-2.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.5-2.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.9-4.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.5-2.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.14-2.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.9-4.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.9-4.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.5-2.el6, +22 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.5-2.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.14-2.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.5-2.el7, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3403
  • Red Hat RHV-M 4.2 rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.9-4.el7 Red Hat RHV-M 4.3 rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-pltcl 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plperl 9.5.9-4.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server 9.5.9-4.el7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3404

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Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 6.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Red Hat postgresql init script

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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