Improper Authorization Affecting postgresql package, versions [,9.2.22)[9.3.0, 9.3.18)[9.4.0, 9.4.13)[9.5.0, 9.5.8)[9.6.0, 9.6.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-2336071
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7547  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade postgresql to version 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8, 9.6.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization. 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.

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