| Name | CVE-2015-0241 |
| Description | The to_char function 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 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) large number of digits when processing a numeric formatting template, which triggers a buffer over-read, or (2) crafted timestamp formatting template, which triggers a buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-152-1, DSA-3155-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql-9.1 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 9.1.22-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| postgresql-9.4 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 9.4.26-0+deb8u9 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql-8.4 | source | squeeze | 8.4.22lts1-0+deb6u1 | DLA-152-1 | ||
| postgresql-8.4 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| postgresql-8.4 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| postgresql-9.1 | source | wheezy | 9.1.15-0+deb7u1 | DSA-3155-1 | ||
| postgresql-9.1 | source | (unstable) | 9.1.11-2 | |||
| postgresql-9.4 | source | (unstable) | 9.4.1-1 |
[wheezy] - postgresql-8.4 <not-affected> (postgresql-8.4 in wheezy only provides PL/Perl)