PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, 9.0.x before 9.0.13, and 8.4.x before 8.4.17, when using OpenSSL, generates insufficiently random numbers, which might allow remote authenticated users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to the "contrib/pgcrypto functions."
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-1900 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the version of postgresql as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This issue affects the version of postgresql84, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. A future update might address this flaw.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (postgresql) | RHSA-2013:1475 | 2013-10-29 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql84) | RHSA-2013:1475 | 2013-10-29 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql | Fix deferred |
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