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CVE-2022-41862 (GCVE-0-2022-41862)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-07 16:03
VLAI
Summary
In PostgreSQL, a modified, unauthenticated server can send an unterminated string during the establishment of Kerberos transport encryption. In certain conditions a server can cause a libpq client to over-read and report an error message containing uninitialized bytes.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-07 16:02 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a postgresql Affected: postgresql 5.2, postgresql 14.7, postgresql 13.10, postgresql 12.14, postgresql 11.19
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