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CVE-2016-1255

🗓️ 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00Reported by ubuntu.comType 
ubuntucve
 ubuntucve
🔗 ubuntu.com👁 41 Views

The pg_ctlcluster script in PostgreSQL Debian and Ubuntu before specific versions allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on a logfile in /var/log/postgresql

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC
postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster Data Compromise
24 Feb 202000:00
–bdu_fstec
cnvd
CNVD
Multiple products postgresql-common package elevation of privilege vulnerability
10 Nov 201700:00
–cnvd
cve
CVE
CVE-2016-1255
5 Dec 201716:00
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2016-1255
5 Dec 201716:00
–cvelist
debian
Debian
[SECURITY] [DLA-774-1] postgresql-common security update
1 Jan 201718:54
–debian
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2016-1255
5 Dec 201716:00
–debiancve
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Debian DLA-774-1 : postgresql-common security update
3 Jan 201700:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : postgresql-common vulnerabilities (USN-3476-1)
10 Nov 201700:00
–nessus
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2016-2354
7 Oct 202500:30
–euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2016-1255
5 Dec 201716:29
–nvd
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Ubuntu14.04allpostgresql-common154ubuntu1.1postgresql-common_154ubuntu1.1_all.deb
Ubuntu16.04allpostgresql-common173ubuntu0.1postgresql-common_173ubuntu0.1_all.deb

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25 Aug 2025 21:54Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 27.2
CVSS 37.8
EPSS0.00421
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