Missing Authorization Affecting postgresql15 package, versions <9.6.4-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE319-POSTGRESQL15-6108321
- published 8 Dec 2023
- disclosed 16 Aug 2017
Introduced: 16 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-7548 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.19 postgresql15 to version 9.6.4-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql15 package and not the postgresql15 package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7548
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7548
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100276
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7548
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