Vulnerability CVE-2015-0244
Published: 2020-01-27

Description:
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 does not properly handle errors while reading a protocol message, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via crafted binary data in a parameter and causing an error, which triggers the loss of synchronization and part of the protocol message to be treated as a new message, as demonstrated by causing a timeout or query cancellation.

Type:

CWE-89

 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
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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