CVE-2015-6817

high

Description

PgBouncer 1.6.x before 1.6.1, when configured with auth_user, allows remote attackers to gain login access as auth_user via an unknown username.

References

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

https://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/09/pgbouncer-1-6-1

https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/69

https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/7ca3e5279d05fceb1e8a043c6f5b6f58dea3ed38

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/7

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.pgbouncer.general/1251

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-23

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01367