CVE-2014-0066
The chkpass extension in PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly check the return value of the crypt library function, which allows remote authenticated users to…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.68%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The chkpass extension in PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly check the return value of the crypt library function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.68% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
- http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityreleaseVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2120-1
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
- http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityreleaseVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.