7.5high
CVE-2017-11480
Denial of Service in Packetbeat
Also known as GHSA-9q3g-m353-cp4p, GO-2022-0643
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 73%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.44% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/elastic/beats | <5.6.4 >=6.0.0-alpha1, <6.0.0 <6.1.0+incompatible | 5.6.4 6.0.0 6.1.0+incompatible |
Affected products
- Elastic Packetbeat
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
References
- discuss.elastic.co /t/beats-5-6-4-security-update/106739 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11480 · advisory
- github.com /elastic/beats/pull/5457 · web
- github.com /elastic/beats/pull/5479 · web
- github.com /elastic/beats/pull/5480 · web
- github.com /elastic/beats/commit/aeca65779d573976981587ca1d1461399e1b59dd · web
- github.com /elastic/beats · package
- pkg.go.dev /vuln/GO-2022-0643 · web
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-11480
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-9q3g-m353-cp4p
- NVD: CVE-2017-11480
- OSV: GO-2022-0643
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