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Gentoo: GLSA-201701-24 Normal: PgBouncer Authentication Bypass and DoS

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2017
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Gentoo Linux GLSA 202204-15 emphasizes vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL, specifically concerning unauthorized access and potential system downtime consequences.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PgBouncer, the worst of which may allow an attacker to bypass authentication.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo DoS authentication issue multiple issues PgBouncer

Resolution

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

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-4054 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4054 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-6817 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6817

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 11, 2017
Bugs: #550124, #600184
ID: 201701-24

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo DoS authentication issue multiple issues PgBouncer

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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/pgbouncer < 1.7.2 >= 1.7.2

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.