CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-11480

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Packetbeat versions prior to 5.6.4 are affected by a denial of service flaw in the PostgreSQL protocol handler. An attacker sending arbitrary network traffic to the monitored port could prevent Packetbeat from properly logging other PostgreSQL traffic.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to loss of log data and disruption of PostgreSQL traffic monitoring, impacting the organization's ability to analyze and respond to incidents.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade Packetbeat to version 5.6.4 or later to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the monitored port only to trusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS