fkie_cve-2002-1657
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2002-12-31 05:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
PostgreSQL uses the username for a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2002-08/msg00253.phpMailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402558115859&w=2Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111403050902165&w=2Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20215Broken Link, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2002-08/msg00253.phpMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402558115859&w=2Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111403050902165&w=2Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20215Broken Link, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
postgresql postgresql 7.3.19


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