Description
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.
Published: 2015-10-26
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 8.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-329-1 postgresql-8.4 update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3374-1 postgresql-9.4 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3475-1 postgresql-9.1 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5265 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2772-1 PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
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Postgresql Postgresql
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:09.339Z

Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5288

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-10-26T14:59:01.560

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5288

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-10-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5288 - Bugzilla

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