CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-1199

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2001-08-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-08-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.

Affected configurations

• postgresql postgresql 6.3.2 • postgresql postgresql 6.5.3

References