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CVE-2015-0242

Stack-based buffer overflow in the *printf function implementations in PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before 9.4.

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Published
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Assigning organization
redhat

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the *printf function implementations in PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before 9.4.1, when running on a Windows system, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a floating point number with a large precision, as demonstrated by using the to_char function.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL

  • before 9.0.19affected
  • 9.1.x before 9.1.15affected
  • 9.2.x before 9.2.10affected
  • 9.3.x before 9.3.6affected
  • 9.4.x before 9.4.1affected

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