CVE-2015-0243

Public on 2015-02-25
Modified on 2015-04-15
Description

A stack-buffer overflow flaw was found in PostgreSQL's pgcrypto module. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to cause PostgreSQL to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql8 2015-04-15 21:47 ALAS-2015-503
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql92 2015-03-13 02:37 ALAS-2015-492
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql93 2015-02-25 20:34 ALAS-2015-485

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H