Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting postgresql-docs package, versions <0:9.2.23-1.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POSTGRESQLDOCS-4767657
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2017

Introduced: 10 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7547  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 postgresql-docs to version 0:9.2.23-1.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2728.

NVD Description

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