CVE-2015-6817

PgBouncer 1.6.x before 1.6.1, when configured with auth_user, allows remote attackers to gain login access as auth_user via an unknown username.

• CWE-287

• http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.pgbouncer.general/1251Mailing List
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/7Mailing List, Patch
• https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/7ca3e5279d05fceb1e8a043c6f5b6f58dea3ed38Patch
• https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/69Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/09/pgbouncer-1-6-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24Third Party Advisory
• http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.pgbouncer.general/1251Mailing List
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/7Mailing List, Patch
• https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/7ca3e5279d05fceb1e8a043c6f5b6f58dea3ed38Patch
• https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/69Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/09/pgbouncer-1-6-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24Third Party Advisory

Published

May 23, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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