CVE-2017-8806

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Source

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

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8806.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-8806

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Published

2017-11-13T09:29:00Z

Modified

2024-10-22T05:29:13.936985Z

Severity

5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The Debian pgctlcluster, pgcreatecluster, 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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / postgresql-common

Package

Name: postgresql-common
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/postgresql-common?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

188

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / postgresql-common

Package

Name: postgresql-common
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/postgresql-common?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

188

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / postgresql-common

Package

Name: postgresql-common
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/postgresql-common?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

188

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}