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CVE-2012-4575

high

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872527

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56371

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/8

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692103

http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgbouncer.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4b92112b820830b30cd7bc91bef3dd8f35305525

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01517