CVE-2014-0066
Public on 2014-03-13
Modified on 2014-09-17
Description
The chkpass extension in PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly check the return value of the crypt library function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql8 | 2014-03-13 | ALAS-2014-305 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql9 | 2014-03-13 | ALAS-2014-306 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |