libpam-pgsql (aka pam_pgsql) 0.7 does not properly handle a NULL value returned by the password search query, which allows remote…

Description

libpam-pgsql (aka pam_pgsql) 0.7 does not properly handle a NULL value returned by the password search query, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted password.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• SUSE-SU-2016:1996 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130115 pam-pgsql NULL password handling issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 57440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/p/pam-pgsql/bugs/13/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/u/lvella/pam-pgsql/ci/9361f5970e5dd90a747319995b67c2f73b91448c/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2016:2089 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130116 Re: pam-pgsql NULL password handling issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• libpampgsql-password-sec-bypass(81363) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 14:18 UTC.