The PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL

CVE-2017-7485
MEDIUM 5.9

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 2.04 % · percentile 81 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Modified

Description

In PostgreSQL 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, it was found that the PGREQUIRESSL environment variable was no longer enforcing a SSL/TLS connection to a PostgreSQL server. An active Man-in-the-Middle attacker could use this flaw to strip the SSL/TLS protection from a connection between a client and a server.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-390 — Detection of Error Condition Without Action
  • CWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group · PostgreSQLaffected 9.3 - 9.6

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD