cvelist/2017/8xxx/CVE-2017-8806.json

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      "ID" : "CVE-2017-8806",
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            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "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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   "references" : {
      "reference_data" : [
         {
            "name" : "http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_181+deb9u1_changelog",
            "refsource" : "CONFIRM",
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         {
            "name" : "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3476-1/",
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         {
            "name" : "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4029",
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            "url" : "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4029"
         },
         {
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