Vigil@nce - PostgreSQL: buffer overflow via Password Change
August 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, PostgreSQL, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service.
Provenance: user account.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 20/06/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via Password Change of
PostgreSQL, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly
to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/PostgreSQL-buffer-overflow-via-Password-Change-29583