CVE-2015-4054

7.5 HIGH

Published: May 23, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

PgBouncer before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by sending a password packet before a startup packet.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/22/5

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74751

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/74d6e5f7de5ec736f71204b7b422af7380c19ac5

Source: security@debian.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/edab5be6665b9e8de66c25ba527509b229468573

Source: security@debian.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/42

Source: security@debian.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://pgbouncer.github.io/changelog.html#pgbouncer-15x

Source: security@debian.org

Release Notes Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/22/5