6.4

CVE-2015-5288: postgresql

CVSS: 6.4v2.0MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2016:0389-1RHSA-2015:2081UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5288
Published 26-10-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5288 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability in postgresql. EPSS estimates a 4.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.53%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 8
DSA-3374-1DSA-3475-1MGASA-2015-0420OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1

Timeline

  1. 26-10-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.53% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.53%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat11 products
  • postgresql< 0:8.4.20-4.el6_7
  • postgresql-contrib< 0:8.4.20-4.el6_7
  • postgresql-debuginfo< 0:8.4.20-4.el6_7
  • postgresql-devel< 0:8.4.20-4.el6_7
  • postgresql-docs< 0:8.4.20-4.el6_7
Suse7 products
  • postgresql91-libs&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3< 9.1.19-0.5.1
  • postgresql91-libs&distro=SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3< 9.1.19-0.5.1
  • postgresql91&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3< 9.1.19-0.5.1
  • postgresql91&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3< 9.1.19-0.5.1
  • postgresql91&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA< 9.1.19-0.5.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • postgresql-9.1< 9.1.19-0ubuntu0.14.04
  • postgresql-9.3< 9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04
Debian1 product
  • postgresql-8.4< 8.4.22lts5-0+deb6u1
Postgresql1 product
  • postgresqlEOL≤ 9.0.22 | 9.1 | 9.1.1 | 9.1.2 | 9.1.3 | 9.1.4 | 9.1.5 | 9.1.6 | 9.1.7 | 9.1.8 | 9.1.9 | 9.1.10 | 9.1.11 | 9.1.12 | 9.1.13 | 9.1.14 | 9.1.15 | 9.1.16 | 9.1.17 | 9.1.18 | 9.2 | 9.2.1 | 9.2.2 | 9.2.3 | 9.2.4 | 9.2.5 | 9.2.6 | 9.2.7 | 9.2.8 | 9.2.9 | 9.2.10 | 9.2.11 | 9.2.12 | 9.2.13 | 9.3 | 9.3.1 | 9.3.2 | 9.3.3 | 9.3.4 | 9.3.5 | 9.3.6 | 9.3.7 | 9.3.8 | 9.3.9 | 9.4.0 | 9.4.1 | 9.4.2 | 9.4.3 | 9.4.4

5 vendors · 22 products

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