CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Ubuntu, Debian. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2017-8806
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.42%
Ubuntu Debian
Original NVD 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.
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