GLSA 201701-24: PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | normal |
Title: | PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 01/11/2017 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201701-24 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PgBouncer, the worst of which may allow an attacker to bypass authentication.Background
PgBouncer is a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
---|---|---|---|
dev-db/pgbouncer | < 1.7.2 | >= 1.7.2 | All supported architectures |
Description
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.
Resolution
All PgBouncer users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/pgbouncer-1.7.2"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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