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GLSA-201701-24 : PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 96418

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-24 (PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PgBouncer. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker might send a specially crafted package possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker might bypass authentication in configurations using the “auth_user” feature.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PgBouncer users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/pgbouncer-1.7.2'

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96418

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201701-24.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 1/12/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pgbouncer, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4054, CVE-2015-6817

GLSA: 201701-24