CVE-2017-11480 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in Elasticsearch Packetbeat
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 8
Latest updateFeb 15
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6