SB2017081421 - Denial of service in postgresql (Alpine package)
Published: August 14, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017081421
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7548)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to an access control flaw in the lo_put() function to change the data in a large object. A remote attacker can cause the application to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5600c80ab97b0bed725ec1c24f981a765e54593b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c2110f5a7667d71596172fb142d3a573bb958c83
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2b95c8929982c3ff86b48ffe921cf9ddff6aeebd
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5f580c412de14f7329bf77293a1c8bbce8a74d48
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9f9b64e2d2abab3c9e46f899aa2633db6ba12ece
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ed07717d7c96ba6faf63a7b37bce203be246557b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3ddcac9e2d3e8da4d9d7854b8286c00446dd4167
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=063b37e163095db1188d56dd7b850050ef514797
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d02b58c039bf9e0ce01acb011626a9ac75c47dcc