CVE-2017-7485: postgresql
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-7485 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in postgresql. EPSS estimates a 2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 3Timeline
- 12-05-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
2.04%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
81%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.04% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Alpine3 products
- postgresql< 9.6.3-r0 | < 9.4.12-r0 | < 9.5.7-r0
- postgresql14< 9.6.3-r0
- postgresql15< 9.6.3-r0
Ubuntu2 products
- postgresql-9.3< 9.3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04
- postgresql-9.5< 9.5.7-0ubuntu0.16.04
Postgresql1 product
- postgresqlEOL9.3 | 9.3.1 | 9.3.2 | 9.3.3 | 9.3.4 | 9.3.5 | 9.3.6 | 9.3.7 | 9.3.8 | 9.3.9 | 9.3.10 | 9.3.11 | 9.3.12 | 9.3.13 | 9.3.14 | 9.3.15 | 9.3.16 | 9.4 | 9.4.1 | 9.4.2 | 9.4.3 | 9.4.4 | 9.4.5 | 9.4.6 | 9.4.7 | 9.4.8 | 9.4.9 | 9.4.10 | 9.4.11 | 9.5 | 9.5.1 | 9.5.2 | 9.5.3 | 9.5.4 | 9.5.5 | 9.5.6 | 9.6 | 9.6.1 | 9.6.2
The postgresql global development group1 product
- postgresql9.3 - 9.6
4 vendors · 7 products
