CVE-2012-4575 (GCVE-0-2012-4575)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-18 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:42
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2012-09-10 00:00
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