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Information Exposure Affecting postgresql-devel package, versions <0:9.2.21-1.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-POSTGRESQLDEVEL-2516019
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed12 May 2017
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Introduced: 12 May 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 postgresql-devel to version 0:9.2.21-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-1983.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-devel package and not the postgresql-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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.