CVE-2002-1657
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-04-22 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 03:34
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2002-08/msg00253.phpMailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402558115859&w=2Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111403050902165&w=2Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20215Broken Link, VDB Entry
Impacted products
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