National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2012-2655)

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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2655

Original release date:07/18/2012

Last revised:04/19/2013

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.19, 8.4.x before 8.4.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.8, and 9.1.x before 9.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by adding the (1) SECURITY DEFINER or (2) SET attributes to a procedural language's call handler.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 8.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1398/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1398/

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:092

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2491

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2491

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50718

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50718

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1037

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1037.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1299

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1288

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1251

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-8915

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082294.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-8924

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082292.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-8893

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082258.html

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.11

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.8

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.13

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.6

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.10

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.9

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.7

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.5

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.2

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.1

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.4

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.3

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.12

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.16

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.15

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.14

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.17

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.18

Configuration 2

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.5

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.1

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.6

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.2

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.3

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.4

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.7

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.8

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.9

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.10

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.11

Configuration 3

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.1

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.2

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.3

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.4

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.5

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.6

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.7

Configuration 4

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.1

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.2

* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.3

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2655