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CVE-2013-0191 (GCVE-0-2013-0191)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-03 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:18
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Summary
libpam-pgsql (aka pam_pgsql) 0.7 does not properly handle a NULL value returned by the password search query, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted password.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2013-01-15 00:00
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