CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1657

7.5 HIGH Published 2002-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-916

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.

Affected configurations

• postgresql postgresql 7.3.19

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-760 Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt weakness
  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort weakness

References