Vulnerability CVE-2015-0241
Published: 2020-01-27

Description:
The to_char function 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 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) large number of digits when processing a numeric formatting template, which triggers a buffer over-read, or (2) crafted timestamp formatting template, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Type:

CWE-120

 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.5/10
6.4/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Postgresql -> Postgresql 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.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-9-2-10.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html
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