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Security: CVE-2015-0241 through CVE-2015-0244
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix buffer overruns in <function>to_char()</>
(Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
When <function>to_char()</> processes a numeric formatting template
calling for a large number of digits, <productname>PostgreSQL</>
would read past the end of a buffer. When processing a crafted
timestamp formatting template, <productname>PostgreSQL</> would write
past the end of a buffer. Either case could crash the server.
We have not ruled out the possibility of attacks that lead to
privilege escalation, though they seem unlikely.
(CVE-2015-0241)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix buffer overrun in replacement <function>*printf()</> functions
(Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</> includes a replacement implementation
of <function>printf</> and related functions. This code will overrun
a stack buffer when formatting a floating point number (conversion
specifiers <literal>e</>, <literal>E</>, <literal>f</>, <literal>F</>,
<literal>g</> or <literal>G</>) with requested precision greater than
about 500. This will crash the server, and we have not ruled out the
possibility of attacks that lead to privilege escalation.
A database user can trigger such a buffer overrun through
the <function>to_char()</> SQL function. While that is the only
affected core <productname>PostgreSQL</> functionality, extension
modules that use printf-family functions may be at risk as well.
</para>
<para>
This issue primarily affects <productname>PostgreSQL</> on Windows.
<productname>PostgreSQL</> uses the system implementation of these
functions where adequate, which it is on other modern platforms.
(CVE-2015-0242)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix buffer overruns in <filename>contrib/pgcrypto</>
(Marko Tiikkaja, Noah Misch)
</para>
<para>
Errors in memory size tracking within the <filename>pgcrypto</>
module permitted stack buffer overruns and improper dependence on the
contents of uninitialized memory. The buffer overrun cases can
crash the server, and we have not ruled out the possibility of
attacks that lead to privilege escalation.
(CVE-2015-0243)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible loss of frontend/backend protocol synchronization after
an error
(Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
If any error occurred while the server was in the middle of reading a
protocol message from the client, it could lose synchronization and
incorrectly try to interpret part of the message's data as a new
protocol message. An attacker able to submit crafted binary data
within a command parameter might succeed in injecting his own SQL
commands this way. Statement timeout and query cancellation are the
most likely sources of errors triggering this scenario. Particularly
vulnerable are applications that use a timeout and also submit
arbitrary user-crafted data as binary query parameters. Disabling
statement timeout will reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of
exploit. Our thanks to Emil Lenngren for reporting this issue.
(CVE-2015-0244)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix information leak via constraint-violation error messages

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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix buffer overruns in <function>to_char()</>
(Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
When <function>to_char()</> processes a numeric formatting template
calling for a large number of digits, <productname>PostgreSQL</>
would read past the end of a buffer. When processing a crafted
timestamp formatting template, <productname>PostgreSQL</> would write
past the end of a buffer. Either case could crash the server.
We have not ruled out the possibility of attacks that lead to
privilege escalation, though they seem unlikely.
(CVE-2015-0241)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix buffer overrun in replacement <function>*printf()</> functions
(Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</> includes a replacement implementation
of <function>printf</> and related functions. This code will overrun
a stack buffer when formatting a floating point number (conversion
specifiers <literal>e</>, <literal>E</>, <literal>f</>, <literal>F</>,
<literal>g</> or <literal>G</>) with requested precision greater than
about 500. This will crash the server, and we have not ruled out the
possibility of attacks that lead to privilege escalation.
A database user can trigger such a buffer overrun through
the <function>to_char()</> SQL function. While that is the only
affected core <productname>PostgreSQL</> functionality, extension
modules that use printf-family functions may be at risk as well.
</para>
<para>
This issue primarily affects <productname>PostgreSQL</> on Windows.
<productname>PostgreSQL</> uses the system implementation of these
functions where adequate, which it is on other modern platforms.
(CVE-2015-0242)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix buffer overruns in <filename>contrib/pgcrypto</>
(Marko Tiikkaja, Noah Misch)
</para>
<para>
Errors in memory size tracking within the <filename>pgcrypto</>
module permitted stack buffer overruns and improper dependence on the
contents of uninitialized memory. The buffer overrun cases can
crash the server, and we have not ruled out the possibility of
attacks that lead to privilege escalation.
(CVE-2015-0243)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible loss of frontend/backend protocol synchronization after
an error
(Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
If any error occurred while the server was in the middle of reading a
protocol message from the client, it could lose synchronization and
incorrectly try to interpret part of the message's data as a new
protocol message. An attacker able to submit crafted binary data
within a command parameter might succeed in injecting his own SQL
commands this way. Statement timeout and query cancellation are the
most likely sources of errors triggering this scenario. Particularly
vulnerable are applications that use a timeout and also submit
arbitrary user-crafted data as binary query parameters. Disabling
statement timeout will reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of
exploit. Our thanks to Emil Lenngren for reporting this issue.
(CVE-2015-0244)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix information leak via constraint-violation error messages

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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix buffer overruns in <function>to_char()</>
(Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
When <function>to_char()</> processes a numeric formatting template
calling for a large number of digits, <productname>PostgreSQL</>
would read past the end of a buffer. When processing a crafted
timestamp formatting template, <productname>PostgreSQL</> would write
past the end of a buffer. Either case could crash the server.
We have not ruled out the possibility of attacks that lead to
privilege escalation, though they seem unlikely.
(CVE-2015-0241)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix buffer overrun in replacement <function>*printf()</> functions
(Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</> includes a replacement implementation
of <function>printf</> and related functions. This code will overrun
a stack buffer when formatting a floating point number (conversion
specifiers <literal>e</>, <literal>E</>, <literal>f</>, <literal>F</>,
<literal>g</> or <literal>G</>) with requested precision greater than
about 500. This will crash the server, and we have not ruled out the
possibility of attacks that lead to privilege escalation.
A database user can trigger such a buffer overrun through
the <function>to_char()</> SQL function. While that is the only
affected core <productname>PostgreSQL</> functionality, extension
modules that use printf-family functions may be at risk as well.
</para>
<para>
This issue primarily affects <productname>PostgreSQL</> on Windows.
<productname>PostgreSQL</> uses the system implementation of these
functions where adequate, which it is on other modern platforms.
(CVE-2015-0242)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix buffer overruns in <filename>contrib/pgcrypto</>
(Marko Tiikkaja, Noah Misch)
</para>
<para>
Errors in memory size tracking within the <filename>pgcrypto</>
module permitted stack buffer overruns and improper dependence on the
contents of uninitialized memory. The buffer overrun cases can
crash the server, and we have not ruled out the possibility of
attacks that lead to privilege escalation.
(CVE-2015-0243)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible loss of frontend/backend protocol synchronization after
an error
(Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
If any error occurred while the server was in the middle of reading a
protocol message from the client, it could lose synchronization and
incorrectly try to interpret part of the message's data as a new
protocol message. An attacker able to submit crafted binary data
within a command parameter might succeed in injecting his own SQL
commands this way. Statement timeout and query cancellation are the
most likely sources of errors triggering this scenario. Particularly
vulnerable are applications that use a timeout and also submit
arbitrary user-crafted data as binary query parameters. Disabling
statement timeout will reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of
exploit. Our thanks to Emil Lenngren for reporting this issue.
(CVE-2015-0244)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix information leak via constraint-violation error messages