CVE-2014-0066 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the chkpass extension for PostgreSQL versions prior to 8.4.20, 9.0.16, 9.1.12, 9.2.7, and 9.3.3. The flaw stems from improper handling of the crypt library function's return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, as it requires authenticated access (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) and primarily results in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.4.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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