Information Exposure Affecting postgresql package, versions [6.3.2,6.5.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-2335980
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Aug 2001
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Aug 2001

CVE-2000-1199  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for postgresql.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.

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