Improper Input Validation Affecting postgresql-9.1 package, versions <9.1.11-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.86% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-POSTGRESQL91-315480
  • published31 Mar 2014
  • disclosed31 Mar 2014

Introduced: 31 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-0066  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 postgresql-9.1 to version 9.1.11-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-9.1 package and not the postgresql-9.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1