CVE-2017-8806 (GCVE-0-2017-8806)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-13 09:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:48
Severity ?
CWE
  • handled symbolic links insecurely
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a PostgreSQL-related scripts that are specific to Debian and Ubuntu Version: PostgreSQL-related scripts that are specific to Debian and Ubuntu
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