CVE-2012-4575Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Pgbouncer

Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 18
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The 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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages5 packages

debiandebian/pgbouncer< pgbouncer 1.5.2-4 (bookworm)
Debianpgbouncer/pgbouncer< 1.5.2-4+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wcfv-hw89-j2wx: The add_database function in objects2022-05-13
OSV
CVE-2012-4575: The add_database function in objects2012-11-18

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Microsoft
CVE-2012-4575: NIST NVD Details: https://nvd2020-09-08
Debian
CVE-2012-4575: pgbouncer - The add_database function in objects.c in the pgbouncer pooler 1.5.2 for Postgre...2012

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4575 pgbouncer: DoS (pooler server shutdown) by adding database with large name [fedora-all]2012-11-02