# CVE-2017-15097: Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL.

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Red Hat postgresql init script: all versions

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PostgreSQL, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PostgreSQL](https://cve.now/tech/postgresql.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3402
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3403
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3405
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15097
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039983
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3404

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