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CVE-2017-7485

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7485 describes a vulnerability in PostgreSQL versions 9.3.x through 9.6.x where the PGREQUIRESSL environment variable failed to enforce SSL/TLS connections. This medium-severity flaw, with a CVSS score of 5.9, allows an active Man-in-the-Middle attacker to strip SSL/TLS protection, compromising data integrity. While the attack complexity is high, successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized information modification. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (19)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-0:2.2-3.el6
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Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-backend-0:2.3.3-53.el6sat
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Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-postgresql-server-0:9.5-1.el6sat
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Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-setup-postgresql-0:2.3.0-27.el6sat
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Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-utils-0:2.3.2-32.el6sat
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Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-web-0:2.3.2-35.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8 ELSFixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.12-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.12-1.el6
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Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.12-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.12-1.el7
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7485Moderate

postgresql: libpq ignores PGREQUIRESSL environment variable

May 11, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1677
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1678
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1838
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2425
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-06
postgresql.org / about/news/1746
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3851
securityfocus.com / bid/98461
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038476