Improper Authentication Affecting pgbouncer package, versions <1.6.1-1
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- published23 May 2017
- disclosed23 May 2017
Introduced: 23 May 2017
CVE-2015-6817 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:13 pgbouncer to version 1.6.1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pgbouncer package and not the pgbouncer package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
PgBouncer 1.6.x before 1.6.1, when configured with auth_user, allows remote attackers to gain login access as auth_user via an unknown username.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6817
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24
- https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/7ca3e5279d05fceb1e8a043c6f5b6f58dea3ed38
- https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/69
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.pgbouncer.general/1251
- https://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/09/pgbouncer-1-6-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/7