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CVE-2017-8806

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Last updated

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8806

Severity

5.5

Medium

CVSS V3

Description

The Debian pg_ctlcluster, pg_createcluster, and pg_upgradecluster scripts, as distributed in the Debian postgresql-common package before 181+deb9u1 for PostgreSQL (and other packages related to Debian and Ubuntu), handled symbolic links insecurely, which could result in local denial of service by overwriting arbitrary files.

References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8806
  • https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xg92-g8h7-v7r4
  • http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_181+deb9u1_changelog
  • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101810
  • https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3476-1/
  • https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4029

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