CVE-2012-4575
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-11-18 19:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f54c322d98f555b7a7b70dd9d323cb489e75b4c8cb27d851bd81de08f8a1c1e1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com56371http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56371
- git.postgresql.orghttp://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgbouncer.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4b92112b820830b30cd7bc91bef3dd8f35305525
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872527
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692103
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20121102 Re: CVE Request -- pgbouncer: DoS (pooler server shutdown) by adding database with large namehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/8
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pgbouncer Fixed in 1.5.2-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pgbouncer Fixed in 1.5.2-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pgbouncer Fixed in 1.5.2-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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