CVE-2017-7548

Publication date 10 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

PostgreSQL versions before 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers with no privileges on a large object to overwrite the entire contents of the object, resulting in a denial of service.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
postgresql-10	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
postgresql-9.1	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
postgresql-9.3	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 9.3.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
postgresql-9.5	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 9.5.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
postgresql-9.6	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 9.6.4-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3390-1
PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
15 August 2017