Bug 1270306 (CVE-2015-5288)

Summary:	CVE-2015-5288 postgresql: limited memory disclosure flaw in crypt()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bkearney, databases-maint, devrim, hhorak, jdobes, jmlich83, jorton, jrusnack, jstanek, meissner, mike, mmaslano, praiskup, santony, scorneli, tgl, thomas, tlestach, weli
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	postgresql 9.4.5, postgresql 9.3.10, postgresql 9.2.14, postgresql 9.1.19, postgresql 9.0.23	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	A memory leak error was discovered in the crypt() function of the pgCrypto extension. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this flaw to disclose a limited amount of the server memory.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2019-06-08 02:43:55 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	1270314, 1270315, 1273440, 1273441, 1273442, 1273443, 1273445, 1273446, 1273780, 1273781, 1274649
Bug Blocks:	1270313

Description Adam Mariš 2015-10-09 14:42:18 UTC

A vulnerability in crypt() function in pgCrypto extension was found. Certain short salts can crash the backend or disclose a few bytes of backend memory.

Upstream patch:

http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=1d812c8b059d0b9b1fba4a459c9876de0f6259b6

External reference:

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1615/

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2015-10-09 14:54:05 UTC

Created mingw-postgresql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1270315]

Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2015-10-09 14:54:11 UTC

Created postgresql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1270314]

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-18 15:37:17 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:2081 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2081.html

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-18 15:55:18 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS

Via RHSA-2015:2077 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2077.html

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-18 15:55:54 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS

Via RHSA-2015:2083 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2083.html

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 15:10:33 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:2078 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2078.html