Improper Authentication The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package pgbouncer  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-PGBOUNCER-625209
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed23 May 2017

Introduced: 23 May 2017

CVE-2015-6817  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pgbouncer package and not the pgbouncer package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.