CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-22332

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Jan 30, 2023 | Modified: Nov 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Information disclosure vulnerability exists in Pgpool-II 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 (4.4 series), 4.3.0 to 4.3.4 (4.3 series), 4.2.0 to 4.2.11 (4.2 series), 4.1.0 to 4.1.14 (4.1 series), 4.0.0 to 4.0.21 (4.0 series), All versions of 3.7 series, All versions of 3.6 series, All versions of 3.5 series, All versions of 3.4 series, and All versions of 3.3 series. A specific database users authentication information may be obtained by another database user. As a result, the information stored in the database may be altered and/or database may be suspended by a remote attacker who successfully logged in the product with the obtained credentials.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Pgpool-iiPgpool3.3.0 (including)3.7.12 (including)
Pgpool-iiPgpool4.0.0 (including)4.0.22 (excluding)
Pgpool-iiPgpool4.1.0 (including)4.1.15 (excluding)
Pgpool-iiPgpool4.2.0 (including)4.2.12 (excluding)
Pgpool-iiPgpool4.3.0 (including)4.3.5 (excluding)
Pgpool-iiPgpool4.4.0 (including)4.4.2 (excluding)
Pgpool2Ubuntufocal*
Pgpool2Ubuntukinetic*
Pgpool2Ubuntulunar*
Pgpool2Ubuntumantic*
Pgpool2Ubuntuoracular*
Pgpool2Ubuntuplucky*
Pgpool2Ubuntutrusty*
Pgpool2Ubuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References