CVE-2017-7548
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 16, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxPostgreSQL
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%9.4 ≤ v < 9.4.139.5 ≤ v < 9.5.89.6 ≤ v < 9.6.4
Affected range stops below 9.4.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100276VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862NVD-CWE-noinfo
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