Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-4054 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Pgbouncer
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
PgBouncer before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by sending a password packet before a startup packet.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_8FBD41870F1811E5B6A8002590263BF5.NASL description PgBouncer reports : Fix remote crash - invalid packet order causes lookup of NULL pointer. Not exploitable, just DoS. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 84105 published 2015-06-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84105 title FreeBSD : pgbouncer -- remote denial of service (8fbd4187-0f18-11e5-b6a8-002590263bf5) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(84105); script_version("2.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/21 10:46:31"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-4054"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : pgbouncer -- remote denial of service (8fbd4187-0f18-11e5-b6a8-002590263bf5)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "PgBouncer reports : Fix remote crash - invalid packet order causes lookup of NULL pointer. Not exploitable, just DoS." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/04/pgbouncer-1-5-5/" ); # http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/2 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/2" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=200507" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/8fbd4187-0f18-11e5-b6a8-002590263bf5.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?68a7a1c3" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:pgbouncer"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/04/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/06/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/06/11"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"pgbouncer<1.5.5")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201701-24.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-24 (PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities) 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96418 published 2017-01-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96418 title GLSA-201701-24 : PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-24. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96418); script_version("$Revision: 3.4 $"); script_cvs_date("$Date: 2018/01/26 17:15:57 $"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-4054", "CVE-2015-6817"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201701-24"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201701-24 : PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-24 (PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities) 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." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All PgBouncer users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/pgbouncer-1.7.2'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pgbouncer"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/12"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-db/pgbouncer", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.7.2"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.7.2"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PgBouncer"); }
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24
- https://pgbouncer.github.io/changelog.html#pgbouncer-15x
- https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/42
- https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/edab5be6665b9e8de66c25ba527509b229468573
- https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/74d6e5f7de5ec736f71204b7b422af7380c19ac5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74751
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/22/5