CVE-2015-5288

Public on 2015-10-26
Modified on 2015-12-13
Description
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql8 2015-12-14 ALAS-2015-619 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql92 2015-11-05 ALAS-2015-609 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql93 2015-11-05 ALAS-2015-609 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql94 2015-11-05 ALAS-2015-609 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2015-5288 Mitre: CVE-2015-5288