CVE-2017-7547 Affecting postgresql95-static package, versions <0:9.5.8-1.73.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-POSTGRESQL95STATIC-1707565
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 Aug 2017

Introduced: 16 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7547  (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 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers to retrieve passwords from the user mappings defined by the foreign server owners without actually having the privileges to do so.