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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-0066 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (postgresql) | RHSA-2014:0211 | 2014-02-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql84) | RHSA-2014:0211 | 2014-02-25 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.4 (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2014:0469 | 2014-05-12 |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2014:0221 | 2014-02-27 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql) | RHSA-2014:0249 | 2014-03-04 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | postgresql | Not affected |
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