CVE-2017-11480

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - security@elastic.co

Published

2017-12-08

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-404

Affected products

• Packetbeat (Elastic)
• Packetbeat (Elasticsearch)

References

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