Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:16169Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
PostgreSQL is vulnerable to a stack-buffer overflow flaw. In PostgreSQL’s pgcrypto module, An authenticated database user could use this flaw to cause PostgreSQL to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL.
References
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155
www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/
www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html
www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html
www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html
www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html
www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0699.html
Related
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P