PostgreSQL PgBouncer Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows
🗓️ 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2012-4575 affecting package postgresql 12.1-3 | 20 Jun 202103:47 | – | cbl_mariner | |
| CVE-2012-4575 | 18 Nov 201219:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2012-4575 | 18 Nov 201219:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2012-4575 | 18 Nov 201219:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2012-4501 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| The add_database function in objects.c in the pgbouncer pooler 1.5.2 for PostgreSQL allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a long database name in a request. | 25 Sep 202000:00 | – | mscve | |
| CVE-2012-4575 | 18 Nov 201219:55 | – | nvd | |
| PostgreSQL PgBouncer Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows) | 25 Jan 201300:00 | – | openvas | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4575 | 18 Nov 201219:55 | – | osv | |
| Cross site request forgery (csrf) | 18 Nov 201219:55 | – | prion |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/51128 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/56371 |
| openwall | www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/8 |
| git | www.git.postgresql.org/gitweb/ |
| xforce | www.xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79751 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.903102");
script_version("2025-09-01T05:39:44+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4575");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-01 05:39:44 +0000 (Mon, 01 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-01-25 11:24:17 +0530 (Fri, 25 Jan 2013)");
script_name("PostgreSQL PgBouncer Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/51128");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56371");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79751");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/8");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgbouncer.git;a=commit;h=4b92112b820830b30cd7bc91bef3dd8f35305525");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_postgresql_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("postgresql/smb-login/detected");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause the application
to crash by creating a denial of service condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PostgreSQL PgBouncer Pooler version 1.5.2 and prior on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An error exists within the 'add_database' function in objects.c in the
pgbouncer pooler when adding new databases with an overly large name.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to PostgreSQL PgBouncer Pooler version 1.5.3 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PostgreSQL PgBouncer pooler is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE, service:"smb-login")))
exit(0);
if(!get_app_version(cpe:CPE, port:port, nofork:TRUE))
exit(0);
key = "SOFTWARE\EnterpriseDB\PgBouncer";
if(!registry_key_exists(key:key))
exit(0);
if(!vers = registry_get_sz(key:key, item:"Version"))
exit(0);
if("-" >< vers)
vers = str_replace(pattern:"-", string:vers, replace:".");
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"1.5.3")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.5.3", reg_checked:key + "!Version");
security_message(port:port, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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