CVE-2012-2655

Description

PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.19, 8.4.x before 8.4.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.8, and 9.1.x before 9.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by adding the (1) SECURITY DEFINER or (2) SET attributes to a procedural language's call handler.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.49% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory postgresql.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1398/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50718 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082292.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082258.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2491 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1037.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082294.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2655?
CVE-2012-2655 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2655?
To fix CVE-2012-2655, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2655 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-2655 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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