CVE-2014-0066

Description

The chkpass extension in PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly check the return value of the crypt library function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.79% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory postgresql.org Vendor Advisory postgresql.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html vendor advisory
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html vendor advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/ vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2120-1 vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html vendor advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-0066?
CVE-2014-0066 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-0066?
To fix CVE-2014-0066, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-0066 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-0066 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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