CVE-2017-7485

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-390

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.

Affected products

PostgreSQL: 9.3, 9.3.1, 9.3.2, 9.3.3, 9.3.4, 9.3.5 (+33)

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3851
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98461
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038476
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1677
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1678
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1838
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1746/
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3851
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98461
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038476

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