# CVE-2015-5288: The crypt function in contrib/pgcrypto in PostgreSQL before 9.0.23, 9.1.x before 9.1.19, 9.2.x before 9.2.14, 9.3.x before 9.3.10, and 9.4.x

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-10-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The crypt function in contrib/pgcrypto in PostgreSQL before 9.0.23, 9.1.x before 9.1.19, 9.2.x before 9.2.14, 9.3.x before 9.3.10, and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) or read arbitrary server memory via a "too-short" salt.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77049
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-10.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-5.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-23.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2772-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-14.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00033.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-19.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1615/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3374
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033775

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