Information Exposure Affecting postgresql92 package, versions <0:9.2.21-1.60.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-POSTGRESQL92-1706652
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed12 May 2017

Introduced: 12 May 2017

CVE-2017-7484  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 postgresql92 to version 0:9.2.21-1.60.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-838.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql92 package and not the postgresql92 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was found that some selectivity estimation functions in PostgreSQL before 9.2.21, 9.3.x before 9.3.17, 9.4.x before 9.4.12, 9.5.x before 9.5.7, and 9.6.x before 9.6.3 did not check user privileges before providing information from pg_statistic, possibly leaking information. An unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to steal some information from tables they are otherwise not allowed to access.