{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2019-3466", "ASSIGNER": "security@debian.org", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "postgresql-common (Debian-specific Postgres management tools)", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "Versions before 210" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Insufficient drop of privileges" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://blog.mirch.io/2019/11/15/cve-2019-3466-debian-ubuntu-pg_ctlcluster-privilege-escalation/", "url": "https://blog.mirch.io/2019/11/15/cve-2019-3466-debian-ubuntu-pg_ctlcluster-privilege-escalation/" }, { "refsource": "UBUNTU", "name": "USN-4194-2", "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4194-2/" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] } }