Stack-based buffer overflow in PostgreSQL - CVE-2014-0063

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Stack-based buffer overflow in PostgreSQL - CVE-2014-0063

Published: March 31, 2014 / Updated: September 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41875
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0063
CWE-ID: CWE-121
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 a boundary error when processing vectors related to an incorrect MAXDATELEN constant and datetime values involving (1) intervals, (2) timestamps, or (3) timezones, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0065. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow 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
Ubuntu
postgresql-8.4 (Ubuntu package)
postgresql-9.1 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0063

Install update from vendor's website.

postgresql-8.4 (Ubuntu package) - update to 8.4.20-0ubuntu010.04
postgresql-9.1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 9.1.12-0ubuntu0.12.04, 9.1.12-0ubuntu0.12.10, 9.1.12-0ubuntu0.13.10

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