CVE-2000-1199

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.

Find out more about CVE-2000-1199 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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