CVE-2015-0244

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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