Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting postgresql-docs package, versions <0:9.2.14-1.el7_1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-POSTGRESQLDOCS-4578374
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 8 Oct 2015
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77049
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1615/
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-23.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-19.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-14.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-10.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-5.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5288
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3374
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2078
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033775
- 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
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2772-1