Bug 1065226 (CVE-2014-0063)

Summary: CVE-2014-0063 postgresql: stack-based buffer overflow in datetime input/output
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Murray McAllister <mmcallis>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dajohnso, gmollett, praiskup, security-response-team, xlecauch
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Bug Depends On: 1065839, 1065840, 1065841, 1065842, 1065843, 1065844, 1065845, 1065855, 1065861, 1069071, 1069072    
Bug Blocks: 1065240, 1095075    

Description Murray McAllister 2014-02-14 07:23:43 UTC 
It was found that the buffers used to hold datetime output were too small. Long output could lead to a stack-based buffer overflow, possibly allowing an authenticated database user to crash the PostgreSQL server or execute arbitrary code.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Noah Misch as the original reporter.
Comment 5 Vincent Danen 2014-02-18 23:20:49 UTC 
This is now public:

https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/4318daecc959886d001a6e79c6ea853e8b1dfb4b
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2014-02-25 16:44:16 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0211 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2014-02-27 18:23:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL-6

Via RHSA-2014:0221 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2014-03-04 19:11:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0249 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2014-05-12 18:16:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  CloudForms Management Engine 5.x

Via RHSA-2014:0469 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html