CVE-2017-8806

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CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p35

Published

Nov 13, 2017 (Nov 13, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: postgresql
Products: postgresql
Weakness: CWE-59
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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