GLSA 201701-24: PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/11/2017
Bugs:	#550124, #600184
ID:	201701-24

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PgBouncer, the worst of which may allow an attacker to bypass authentication.

Background

PgBouncer is a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/pgbouncer	< 1.7.2	>= 1.7.2	All supported architectures

Description

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.

Resolution

All PgBouncer users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/pgbouncer-1.7.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-24.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.