CVE-2017-7548 Affecting postgresql95-static package, versions <0:9.5.8-1.73.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.78% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-POSTGRESQL95STATIC-1707529
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 Aug 2017

Introduced: 16 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7548  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 postgresql95-static to version 0:9.5.8-1.73.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-885.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql95-static package and not the postgresql95-static package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 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.

CVSS Scores

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