CVE-2015-5288 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the crypt function of PostgreSQL's pgcrypto module, affecting versions before 9.0.23, 9.1.19, 9.2.14, 9.3.10, and 9.4.5. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a server crash or read arbitrary server memory by providing a "too-short" salt. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.0.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
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