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CVE-2002-1657

Published: 4/22/2005 Last updated: 1/16/2025 Reserved: 4/22/2005

PostgreSQL uses the username for a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.

CNA assigner: mitre (8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 7.5 High CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Opam packages affected (5)

conf-mingw-w64-postgresql-i686 conf-mingw-w64-postgresql-x86_64 conf-postgresql ocsigen-start postgresql

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
n/a n/a <= 6.6.*

References (8)