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FKIE_CVE-2017-11480

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-12-08 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:01

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	security@elastic.co	https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-5-6-4-security-update/106739	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-5-6-4-security-update/106739	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	elasticsearch	packetbeat	*

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:01:52.910",
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CVE-2017-11480 (GCVE-0-2017-11480)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-08 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:12

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Assigner

elastic mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-5-6-4-security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Elastic	Packetbeat	Affected: before 5.6.4

Date Public

2017-11-07 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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