NVD

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.

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Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

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

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Change History

1 change records found show changes

Initial Analysis 1/31/2020 3:30:23 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 628 characters. View Entire Change Record AND OR cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 9.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 9.1.0 up to (excluding) 9.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 9.2.0 up to (excluding) 9.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql::::::::* versions from (including) 9.3.0 up to (excluding) 9.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-787
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ No Types Assigned	http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html No Types Assigned	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html No Types Assigned	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html No Types Assigned	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html No Types Assigned	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html No Types Assigned	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Quick Info

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

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