CVE-2017-11480

HIGH

Packetbeat < 5.6.4 - Denial of Service in PostgreSQL Protocol Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Packetbeat versions prior to 5.6.4 are affected by a denial of service flaw in the PostgreSQL protocol handler. If Packetbeat is listening for PostgreSQL traffic and a user is able to send arbitrary network traffic to the monitored port, the attacker could prevent Packetbeat from properly logging other PostgreSQL traffic.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0054
EPSS Percentile 67.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-404
Status published
Products (3)
elastic/beats 0 - 5.6.4Go
Elastic/Packetbeat before 5.6.4
elasticsearch/packetbeat < 5.6.4
Published Dec 08, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026