Data handling in PostgreSQL - CVE-2017-15098

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9168

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15098

CWE-ID: CWE-19

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition or obtain potentially sensitive information on a targeted system.

The weakness exists due to improper data handling. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to trigger a rowtype mismatch in json{b}_populate_recordset(), cause the application to crash or read arbitrary data.

PostgreSQL
Debian Linux
Arch Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Ubuntu
Opensuse
Red Hat Virtualization Manager
postgresql (Alpine package)

Update to version 9.6.6.

postgresql (Alpine package) - update to 9.4.15-r0

• https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-6-6.html

• Debian update for postgresql-9.4
• Debian update for postgresql-9.6
• Multiple vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL
• Arch Linux update for postgresql
• Arch Linux update for postgresql-old-upgrade
• Ubuntu update for PostgreSQL
• Amazon Linux AMI update for postgresql95, postgresql96
• Amazon Linux AMI update for postgresql92, postgresql93, postgresql94
• openSUSE update for postgresql95
• Red Hat update for PostgreSQL
• Red Hat update for PostgreSQL
• Data handling in postgresql (Alpine package)