Description
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 does not properly handle errors while reading a protocol message, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via crafted binary data in a parameter and causing an error, which triggers the loss of synchronization and part of the protocol message to be treated as a new message, as demonstrated by causing a timeout or query cancellation.
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 9.0.19affected9.1.x before 9.1.15affected9.2.x before 9.2.10affected9.3.x before 9.3.6affected9.4.x before 9.4.1affected
References
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html ↗
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html ↗
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html ↗
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html ↗
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html ↗
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 ↗