CVE-2017-11480

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    CVE-2017-11480

    Published: 8 Dec 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Packetbeat versions prior to 5.6.4 are affected by a denial of service flaw in the PostgreSQL protocol handler. If Packetbeat is listening for PostgreSQL traffic and a user is able to send arbitrary network traffic to the monitored port, the attacker could prevent Packetbeat from properly logging other PostgreSQL traffic.

    References: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-5-6-4-security-update/106739

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9dd91482ca414229a68d5cacbd7a381c37ca0ba1

    Affected versions

    v5.6.3
    v5.6.2
    v5.6.1
    v5.6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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