Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting postgresql-docs package, versions <0:9.2.14-1.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.23% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POSTGRESQLDOCS-1436112
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Oct 2015

Introduced: 8 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-5288  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-131  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 postgresql-docs to version 0:9.2.14-1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2078.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-docs package and not the postgresql-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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