Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-5288 |
CWE-ID | CWE-200 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
PostgreSQL Server applications / Database software |
Vendor | PostgreSQL Global Development Group |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU32375
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5288
CWE-ID:
CWE-200 - Information exposure
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
The crypt function in contrib/pgcrypto in PostgreSQL before 9.0.23, 9.1.x before 9.1.19, 9.2.x before 9.2.14, 9.3.x before 9.3.10, and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) or read arbitrary server memory via a "too-short" salt.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsPostgreSQL: 9.0.0 - 9.4.4
External linkshttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00040.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3374
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1615/
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-23.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-19.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-14.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-10.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-5.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77049
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033775
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2772-1
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.