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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-3935: Improper Certificate Validation

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-3935: Improper Certificate Validation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/22/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

When PgBouncer is configured to use "cert" authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of TLS certificate verification and encryption. This flaw affects PgBouncer versions prior to 1.16.1.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-pgbouncer

References

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