CVE-2015-5289

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in json parsing in PostgreSQL before 9.3.x before 9.3.10 and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via unspecified vectors, which are not properly handled in (1) json or (2) jsonb values.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.45% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory postgresql.org Vendor Advisory postgresql.org Vendor Advisory postgresql.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77048 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-10.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-5.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2772-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00033.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08fa47c4850cea32c3116665975bca219fbf2fe6
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1615/ vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3374 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033775 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5289?
CVE-2015-5289 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5289?
To fix CVE-2015-5289, 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-2015-5289 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-5289 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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