# CVE-2017-7547: PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attack

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-16 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- postgresql: 9.2.x before 9.2.22, 9.3.x before 9.3.18, 9.4.x before 9.4.13, 9.5.x before 9.5.8, 9.6.x before 9.6.4

## Description

PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers to retrieve passwords from the user mappings defined by the foreign server owners without actually having the privileges to do so.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PostgreSQL, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2728
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100275
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677

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