CVE-2017-8806

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://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4029

https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3476-1/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101810

http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_181+deb9u1_changelog

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3