CVE-2015-5289

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5289
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-26 14:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in json parsing in PostgreSQL before 9.3.x before 9.3.10 and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via unspecified vectors, which are not properly handled in (1) json or (2) jsonb values.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 9.4: Release 9.4.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org Vendor Advisory
PostgreSQL CVE-2015-5289 Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2772-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
PostgreSQL: 2015-10-08 Security Update Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org Vendor Advisory
PostgreSQL Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and May Let Remote Users Obtain Portions of Memory - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: postgresql-9.4.5-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: postgresql-9.4.5-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.postgresql.org Git - postgresql.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.postgresql.org
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 9.3: Release 9.3.10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org Vendor Advisory
PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-33) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:1907-1: moderate: Security update for postgresql93 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3374-1 postgresql-9.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
git.postgresql.org Git - postgresql.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

  • 710501 Gentoo Linux PostgreSQL Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-33)

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