CVE-2015-0244

NameCVE-2015-0244
DescriptionPostgreSQL 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-152-1, DSA-3155-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
postgresql-9.1 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)9.1.22-0+deb8u1fixed
postgresql-9.4 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)9.4.26-0+deb8u9fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
postgresql-8.4sourcesqueeze8.4.22lts1-0+deb6u1DLA-152-1
postgresql-8.4sourcewheezy(not affected)
postgresql-8.4source(unstable)(unfixed)
postgresql-9.1sourcewheezy9.1.15-0+deb7u1DSA-3155-1
postgresql-9.1source(unstable)9.1.11-2
postgresql-9.4source(unstable)9.4.1-1

Notes

[wheezy] - postgresql-8.4 <not-affected> (postgresql-8.4 in wheezy only provides PL/Perl)

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