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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:21.905Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-8806

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-8806

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