FKIE_CVE-2015-0241

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-01-27 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:19
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The to_char function 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 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) large number of digits when processing a numeric formatting template, which triggers a buffer over-read, or (2) crafted timestamp formatting template, which triggers a buffer overflow.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
postgresql postgresql *
postgresql postgresql *
postgresql postgresql *
postgresql postgresql *
postgresql postgresql *
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:19:48.377",
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