Vulnerability identifier: #VU41872
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
PostgreSQL
Server applications /
Database software
Vendor: PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to read and manipulate data.
Multiple integer overflows in contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c in PostgreSQL 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 allow remote authenticated users to have unspecified impact via vectors related to the (1) hstore_recv, (2) hstore_from_arrays, and (3) hstore_from_array functions in contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c; and the (4) hstoreArrayToPairs function in contrib/hstore/hstore_op.c, which triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2014-0064 because it has a different set of affected versions.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
PostgreSQL: 9.0 - 9.0.15, 9.1 - 9.1.11, 9.2 - 9.2.5, 9.3 - 9.3.2
External links
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
http://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/31400a673325147e1205326008e32135a78b4d8a
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.