CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8806
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
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.
Affected configurations
• postgresql postgresql
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_181+deb9u1_changelog Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101810 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3476-1/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4029 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_181+deb9u1_changelog Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101810 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3476-1/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4029 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory