CVE-2015-4054 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PgBouncer before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by sending a password packet before a startup packet.

Published: 2017-05-23

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-4080	PgBouncer before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by sending a password packet before a startup packet.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03375.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/22/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74751
https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/74d6e5f7de5ec736f71204b7b422af7380c19ac5
https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/edab5be6665b9e8de66c25ba527509b229468573
https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/42
https://pgbouncer.github.io/changelog.html#pgbouncer-15x
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24

History

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Subscriptions

Pgbouncer Pgbouncer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2017-05-23T03:56:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.656Z

Reserved: 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4054

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-23T04:29:00.383

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-4054

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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