CVE-2015-5288
N/A
Published: October 26, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPostgreSQL
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://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
References (18)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00033.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00040.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3374Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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