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CVE-2015-0242 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
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Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 Third Party Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (excluding)
9.0.19
 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
9.1.0		Up to (excluding)
9.1.15
 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
9.2.0		Up to (excluding)
9.2.10
 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
9.3.0		Up to (excluding)
9.3.6
 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
9.4.0		Up to (excluding)
9.4.1
Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)


Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-0242
NVD Published Date:
01/27/2020
NVD Last Modified:
01/31/2020