CVE-2012-4575

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4575
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-18 19:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pgbouncer Project Pgbouncer 1.5.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.postgresql.org Git - pgbouncer.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.postgresql.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- pgbouncer: DoS (pooler server shutdown) by adding database with large name af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PgBouncer 'add_database()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#692103 - pgbouncer: add_database: fail gracefully if too long db name - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
872527 – (CVE-2012-4575) pgbouncer: DoS (pooler server shutdown) by adding database with large name af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
git.postgresql.org Git - pgbouncer.git/commit MITRE git.postgresql.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900047 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for postgresql 12.1
  • 903459 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for postgresql (2660)
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