CVE-2017-7485

Publication date 12 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In PostgreSQL 9.3.x before 9.3.17, 9.4.x before 9.4.12, 9.5.x before 9.5.7, and 9.6.x before 9.6.3, it was found that the PGREQUIRESSL environment variable was no longer enforcing a SSL/TLS connection to a PostgreSQL server. An active Man-in-the-Middle attacker could use this flaw to strip the SSL/TLS protection from a connection between a client and a server.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
postgresql-9.1	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
postgresql-9.3	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 9.3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04
postgresql-9.5	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 9.5.7-0ubuntu0.16.04
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
postgresql-9.6	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 9.6.3-0ubuntu0.17.04
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
postgresql-9.6	Upstream: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=aafbd1df969135c185947c596c46608fc9f4a67c

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.9 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N