Buffer overflow in pgbouncer - CVE-2012-4575
Published: November 18, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43330
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4575
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PgBouncer
Affected software:
pgbouncer
pgbouncer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The add_database function in objects.c in the pgbouncer pooler 1.5.2 for PostgreSQL allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a long database name in a request.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-4575
Install update from vendor's website.