CVE-2025-0218
pgAgent scheduled batch job scripts are created in a predictable temporary directory potentially allowing a denial of service
Summary
pgAgent scheduled batch job scripts are created in a predictable temporary directory potentially allowing a denial of service
Original description
The description as published by the source.
When batch jobs are executed by pgAgent, a script is created in a temporary directory and then executed. In versions of pgAgent prior to 4.2.3, an insufficiently seeded random number generator is used when generating the directory name, leading to the possibility for a local attacker to pre-create the directory and thus prevent pgAgent from executing jobs, disrupting scheduled tasks.
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-0218 pgagent Fixed in: 4.0.0-8+deb11u1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0218 pgagent
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- patch github.com
- web lists.debian.org