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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-8806

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-xg92-g8h7-v7r4

Published

May 17, 2022 12:17 AM

Last Modified

April 1, 2024 6:30 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: August 31, 2025 6:33 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.