High severity · published May 23, 2017
CVE-2015-6817
PgBouncer 1.6.x before 1.6.1, when configured with auth_user, allows remote attackers to gain login access as auth_user via an unknown username
8.1
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
PgBouncer 1.6.x before 1.6.1, when configured with auth_user, allows remote attackers to gain login access as auth_user via an unknown username.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PG
Pgbouncer · Pgbouncer
1.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6817
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6817
Mailing List
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.pgbouncer.general/1251
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/7
Patch
https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/7ca3e5279d05fceb1e8a043c6f5b6f58dea3ed38
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/69
Patch
https://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/09/pgbouncer-1-6-1
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24
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