Vulnerability CVE-2015-3167


Published: 2019-11-20   Modified: 2019-11-24

Description:
contrib/pgcrypto in PostgreSQL before 9.0.20, 9.1.x before 9.1.16, 9.2.x before 9.2.11, 9.3.x before 9.3.7, and 9.4.x before 9.4.2 uses different error responses when an incorrect key is used, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain the key via a brute force attack.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Postgresql -> Postgresql 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html

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