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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-3466

CVE-2019-3466

Description

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common in versions prior to 210 didn't drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directories, which could result in local privilege escalation.

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Affected products

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  • PostgreSQL/postgresql-commondescription
  • PostgreSQL/Postgresql Common
    cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql-common:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <210
  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Ubuntu/postgresql-commonllm-fuzzy
    Range: <210

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