National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2000-1199
Original release date:08/31/2001
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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External Source: XF
Name: postgresql-plaintext-passwords(4364)
Type: Advisory
External Source: BID
Name: 1139
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20000423 Postgresql cleartext password storage
Type: Advisory