CVE-2017-8806
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8806
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8806.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-8806
- Aliases
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- CGA-2vjx-23jm-4246
- CGA-848h-fvmg-5h7m
- GHSA-xg92-g8h7-v7r4
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-11-13T09:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 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
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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