Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201788060000000
Revision Date:2017-11-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-8806 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-8806
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND postgresql-common package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '173ubuntu0.1').
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