Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2017-8806CVE-2017-8806
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
26.7%
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.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | PostgreSQL will use CVE-2017-12172 for contrib/start-scripts This is related to CVE-2016-1255 |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | postgresql-common | < 184ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | postgresql-common | < 154ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | postgresql-common | < 173ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 17.04 | noarch | postgresql-common | < 179ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
26.7%