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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2017.2863 postgresql-common security update 10 November 2017 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: postgresql-common Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 8 Debian GNU/Linux 9 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact/Access: Overwrite Arbitrary Files -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2017-8806 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4029 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running postgresql-common check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4029-1 security@debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 09, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : postgresql-common CVE ID : CVE-2017-8806 It was discovered that the pg_ctlcluster, pg_createcluster and pg_upgradecluster commands handled symbolic links insecurely which could result in local denial of service by overwriting arbitrary files. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 165+deb8u3. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 181+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-common packages. 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