CVE-2017-7485

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.

References

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1746/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1838

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1678

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1677

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038476

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98461

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3851

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3