CVE-2017-7484

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-7484  

It was found that some selectivity estimation functions did not check user privileges before providing information from pg_statistic, possibly leaking information. A non-administrative database user could use this flaw to steal some information from tables they are otherwise not allowed to access.

It was found that some selectivity estimation functions did not check user privileges before providing information from pg_statistic, possibly leaking information. A non-administrative database user could use this flaw to steal some information from tables they are otherwise not allowed to access.

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CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 4.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) RHSA-2017:1677 2017-07-05
Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) RHSA-2017:2425 2017-08-07
Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.8 (RHEL v.6) (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) RHSA-2017:1838 2017-07-31
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) RHSA-2017:1678 2017-07-05
Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) RHSA-2017:1838 2017-07-31
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) RHSA-2017:1677 2017-07-05
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) RHSA-2017:1678 2017-07-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (postgresql) RHSA-2017:1983 2017-08-01
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) RHSA-2017:2425 2017-08-07

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 5 postgresql92-postgresql Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 postgresql Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql84 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Robert Haas as the original reporter.

External References