Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-8806
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 45.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 3.6
References
- http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_181+deb9u1_changelog
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101810
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3476-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4029
- http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_181+deb9u1_changelog
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101810
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3476-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4029
Products affected by CVE-2017-8806
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cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:-
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0