CVE-2017-7485

postgresql: libpq ignores PGREQUIRESSL environment variable

Published May 12, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3851-1 postgresql-9.4 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16505 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 4:04 PM
Reserved
Apr 5, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 12, 2017, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:24 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 11, 2017, 12:00 AM