CVE-2017-7546
Public on 2017-08-16
Modified on 2017-10-10
Description
It was found that authenticating to a PostgreSQL database account with an empty password was possible despite libpq's refusal to send an empty password. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to gain access to database accounts with empty passwords.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql92 | 2017-08-31 | ALAS-2017-884 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql93 | 2017-08-31 | ALAS-2017-884 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql94 | 2017-08-31 | ALAS-2017-885 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql95 | 2017-08-31 | ALAS-2017-885 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql96 | 2017-10-06 | ALAS-2017-908 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |