Code Injection in PostgreSQL - CVE-2015-0243
Published: January 27, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30421
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0243
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in unspecified vectors. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
PostgreSQL
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
postgresql
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
postgresql
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0243
Update to version 9.4.1.
PostgreSQL - update to 9.4.1
postgresql - update to 9.3.6-1.fc21
postgresql - update to 9.3.6-1.fc21
External References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html