CVE-2012-4575 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the pgbouncer daemon by sending a request with an excessively long database name.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-4575?
CVE-2012-4575 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4575?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pgbouncer Project Pgbouncer.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4575?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-4575 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4575 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4575, GHSA-wcfv-hw89-j2wx.