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CVE-2015-0242

Published: Jan 27, 2020

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
PostgreSQL Global Development Group	PostgreSQL	affected `before 9.0.19` affected `9.1.x before 9.1.15` affected `9.2.x before 9.2.10` affected `9.3.x before 9.3.6` affected `9.4.x before 9.4.1`

References

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html

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http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html

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http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html

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http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html

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http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html

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http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/

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http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155

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