Input validation error in PostgreSQL - CVE-2013-0255

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.3, 9.1.x before 9.1.8, 9.0.x before 9.0.12, 8.4.x before 8.4.16, and 8.3.x before 8.3.23 does not properly declare the enum_recv function in backend/utils/adt/enum.c, which causes it to be invoked with incorrect arguments and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) or read sensitive process memory via a crafted SQL command, which triggers an array index error and an out-of-bounds read.

How to mitigate CVE-2013-0255

Sources

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098586.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00059.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00060.html
• http://osvdb.org/89935
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1475.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51923
• http://secunia.com/advisories/52819
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1028092
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2630
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-23.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-16.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-12.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-8.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-3.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57844
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1717-1
• https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2013_0255_array_index
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907892
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81917