Published:2018/12/21  Last Updated:2018/12/21

JVN#13199224
PgpoolAdmin fails to restrict access permissions

Overview

PgpoolAdmin fails to restrict access permissions.

Products Affected

  • PgpoolAdmin 4.0 and earlier

Description

PgpoolAdmin provided by PgPool Global Development Group fails to restrict access permissions (CWE-264).

Impact

A remote attacker may bypass the login authentication and obtain the administrative privilege of the PostgreSQL database.

Solution

Update the Software
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
PgPool Global Development Group Vulnerable 2018/12/21 PgPool Global Development Group website

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score: 9.8
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base Score: 7.5
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Fotios Rogkotis of DarkMatter reported this vulnerability to PgPool Global Development Group, and PgPool Global Development Group reported this vulnerability to IPA to notify users of its solution through JVN. JPCERT/CC and PgPool Global Development Group coordinated under the Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2018-16203
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2018-000134