CVE-2015-6817 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01367.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Pgbouncer Subscribe	Pgbouncer Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pgbouncer:pgbouncer:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6754	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.pgbouncer.general/1251
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/7
https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/7ca3e5279d05fceb1e8a043c6f5b6f58dea3ed38
https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/69
https://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/09/pgbouncer-1-6-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2017-05-23T03:56:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.869Z

Reserved: 2015-09-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-6817

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-23T04:29:01.010

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-6817

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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