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CVE-2015-5288
Published:October 26, 2015
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (20)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-14.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00040.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5288
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5288
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-23.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77049
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00033.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-10.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-19.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033775
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2772-1
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-5.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.html
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1615/
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3374
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
CVSS v2
Base Score:
6.4
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-200
EPSS
Base Score:
8.95