CVE-2002-1657

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Apr 22, 2005
Updated: Jan 16, 2025
Reserved: Apr 22, 2005

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

postgresql-md5-salt-weak-security(20215)vdb-entry
20050420 Postgres: pg_hba.conf, md5, pg_shadow, encrypted passwordsmailing-list
20050420 Re: Postgres: pg_hba.conf, md5, pg_shadow, encrypted passwordsmailing-list
[pgsql-admin] 20020821 Re: OT: password encryption (salt theory)mailing-list

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