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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201701-24
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: PgBouncer: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: January 11, 2017
     Bugs: #550124, #600184
       ID: 201701-24

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

Background
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PgBouncer is a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-db/pgbouncer             < 1.7.2                    >= 1.7.2

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PgBouncer. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All PgBouncer users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-4054
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4054
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-6817
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6817

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5