Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201714798000
Revision Date:2018-03-01Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-14798 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-14798
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'postgresql-9.5' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'SUSE specific').
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