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Bug 1270306 - (CVE-2015-5288) CVE-2015-5288 postgresql: limited memory disclosure flaw in crypt()
CVE-2015-5288 postgresql: limited memory disclosure flaw in crypt()
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20151008,repor...
: Security
Depends On: 1270314 1270315 1273440 1273441 1273442 1273443 1273445 1273446 1273780 1273781 1274649
Blocks: 1270313
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Reported: 2015-10-09 10:42 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2018-01-30 10:44 EST (History)
21 users (show)

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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.
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External Trackers
Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2077 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: rh-postgresql94-postgresql security update 2015-11-18 15:53:20 EST
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2078 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: postgresql security update 2015-11-19 07:54:06 EST
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2081 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: postgresql security update 2015-11-18 15:36:49 EST
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2083 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: postgresql92-postgresql security update 2015-11-18 15:53:37 EST

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Description Adam Mariš 2015-10-09 10:42:18 EDT
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 10:54:05 EDT
Created mingw-postgresql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1270315]
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2015-10-09 10:54:11 EDT
Created postgresql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1270314]
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-18 10:37:17 EST
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 10:55:18 EST
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 10:55:54 EST
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 10:10:33 EST
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

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