650880 – (CVE-2017-14798) dev-db/postgresql: Privilege escalation through init script (CVE-2017-14798)

Bug 650880 (CVE-2017-14798) - dev-db/postgresql: Privilege escalation through init script (CVE-2017-14798)

Summary: dev-db/postgresql: Privilege escalation through init script (CVE-2017-14798)

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	CVE-2017-14798

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal major (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	B1 [upstream cve]
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Reported:	2018-03-19 14:37 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2018-10-30 18:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2018-03-19 14:37:52 UTC

CVE-2017-14798 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14798):
  A race condition in the postgresql init script could be used by attackers
  able to access the postgresql account to escalate their privileges to root.


@Maintainers could you confirm if we are affected?

Thank you

Comment 1 Aaron W. Swenson gentoo-dev

2018-03-20 13:34:55 UTC

We are not affected by this.

This has been resolved nearly a year ago with bug 603716 and bug 603720.

Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-10-30 18:50:30 UTC

Closing as invalid: Gentoo didn't use upstream runscript and was therefore not affected.