Improper Synchronization Affecting postgresql-docs package, versions <0:9.2.10-2.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POSTGRESQLDOCS-4991488
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Feb 2015

Introduced: 5 Feb 2015

CVE-2014-8161  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-662  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-300  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 postgresql-docs to version 0:9.2.10-2.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0750.

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.

PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before 9.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive column values by triggering constraint violation and then reading the error message.

CVSS Scores

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