7.5
HIGH
CVE-2017-7548
PostgreSQL Object Overwrite Authorization Flaw
Description

PostgreSQL versions before 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers with no privileges on a large object to overwrite the entire contents of the object, resulting in a denial of service.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 16, 2017, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 16, 2023, 11:09 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-7548 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Postgresql postgresql
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-7548.

URL Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100276 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06 Third Party Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/ Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-7548 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.4 up to (excluding) 9.4.13 *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.5 up to (excluding) 9.5.8 *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.6 up to (excluding) 9.6.4
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.1.:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-862
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-285 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100276 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100276 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/ No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-285
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.1.:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100276 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-7548 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-7548 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.58 }} 0.23%

score

0.87552

percentile

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