CVE-2017-7548

HIGH

PostgreSQL <9.4.13-9.6.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

PostgreSQL versions before 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers with no privileges on a large object to overwrite the entire contents of the object, resulting in a denial of service.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100276
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0118
EPSS Percentile 79.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
postgresql/postgresql 9.4 - 9.4.13
PostgreSQL/postgresql 9.4.x before 9.4.13
PostgreSQL/postgresql 9.5.x before 9.5.8
PostgreSQL/postgresql 9.6.x before 9.6.4
Published Aug 16, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026