CVE-2012-4575

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4575
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-18 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:34:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- pgbouncer: DoS (pooler server shutdown) by adding database with large name MLIST openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#692103 - pgbouncer: add_database: fail gracefully if too long db name - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
872527 – (CVE-2012-4575) pgbouncer: DoS (pooler server shutdown) by adding database with large name CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
git.postgresql.org Git - pgbouncer.git/commit MISC git.postgresql.org
PgBouncer 'add_database()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.postgresql.org Git - pgbouncer.git/commit CONFIRM git.postgresql.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
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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