VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-11480

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Packetbeat versions prior to 5.6.4 are affected by a denial of service flaw in the PostgreSQL protocol handler. If Packetbeat is listening for PostgreSQL traffic and a user is able to send arbitrary network traffic to the monitored port, the attacker could prevent Packetbeat from properly logging other PostgreSQL traffic.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-404: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Primary references