CVE-2017-7548
An authorization flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL handled large objects. A remote, authenticated attacker with no privileges on a large object could potentially use this flaw to overwrite the entire content of the object, thus resulting in denial of service.
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CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.4 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:2677 | 2017-09-12 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:2678 | 2017-09-12 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:2677 | 2017-09-12 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:2678 | 2017-09-12 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | postgresql92-postgresql | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | postgresql | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | postgresql | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql84 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql | Not affected |