{"cve":"CVE-2017-11480","nvd":{"published":"2017-12-08T18:29:00.210","modified":"2026-06-17T01:01:52.910","status":"Modified","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-404"],"references":["https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-5-6-4-security-update/106739","https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-5-6-4-security-update/106739"],"products":["elasticsearch:packetbeat"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:56.471723566+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-11480","score":0.01436,"percentile":0.73131,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-9q3g-m353-cp4p","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9q3g-m353-cp4p","summary":"Denial of Service in Packetbeat","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:49.660533Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats","ranges":["<5.6.4"],"fixed":["5.6.4"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats","ranges":[">=6.0.0-alpha1 <6.0.0"],"fixed":["6.0.0"]}]},{"id":"GO-2022-0643","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2022-0643","summary":"Denial of service in github.com/elastic/beats","modified":"2024-05-20T16:03:47Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats","ranges":["<6.1.0+incompatible"],"fixed":["6.1.0+incompatible"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}