Vulnerability in Elastic Packetbeat
CVE-2017-11480
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, t…
EPSS: 0.005 (67.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Elastic Packetbeat — versions before 5.6.4
- Elasticsearch Packetbeat
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-11480?
- CVE-2017-11480 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Packetbeat, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-08.
- How severe is CVE-2017-11480?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-11480 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.