7.5

CVE-2017-11480: elastic packetbeat Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-9q3g-m353-cp4pGO-2022-0643
Published 08-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11480 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in elastic packetbeat. EPSS estimates a 1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.44% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elastic1 product
Elasticsearch1 product
Github.com/elastic1 product
  • beats< 5.6.4 | ≥ 6.0.0-alpha1, < 6.0.0 | < 6.1.0+incompatible

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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