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CVE-2015-0242
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the *printf function implementations in PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before 9.4.1, when running on a Windows system, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a floating point number with a large precision, as demonstrated by using the to_char function..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 6.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 8/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- Single
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 8.8/10
- Exploit Score
- 2.8/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- Low
- Impact Score
- 5.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- High
- Availability Impact
- High
- Integrity Impact
- High
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 9.0.19 | |
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
9.1.0 | 9.1.15 | |
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
9.2.0 | 9.2.10 | |
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
9.3.0 | 9.3.6 | |
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
9.4.0 | 9.4.1 | |
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- |
References
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html