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
Link Resource
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
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2017-11-13T09:00:00

Updated: 2017-11-16T10:57:01

Reserved: 2017-05-07T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-8806

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-11-13T09:29:00.403

Modified: 2024-04-01T15:50:53.473


Link: CVE-2017-8806

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