Information disclosure in postgresql (Alpine package)



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
 postgresql (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU32375

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5288

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

postgresql (Alpine package): 9.0.5-r0 - 9.3.7-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2d37e1a18bfa6fd4b1e2a540f50a273fd8f29a48
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b00395849373651c7fb5b1c1d44454b73db2b480
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=86e868a5e1befbf6b37885f9e1c4835d34b3c078
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0f28cb4563020e8535732a3f4c4768b1b72930b9


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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