Bug 1669659 (CVE-2017-18359)

Summary: CVE-2017-18359 postgis: denial of service via crafted ST_AsX3D function input
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Laura Pardo <lpardo>
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Description Laura Pardo 2019-01-25 21:28:57 UTC
PostGIS 2.x before 2.3.3, as used with PostgreSQL, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted ST_AsX3D function input, as demonstrated by an abnormal server termination for "SELECT ST_AsX3D('LINESTRING EMPTY');" because empty geometries are mishandled.


References:
https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/changeset/15444
https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/changeset/15445
https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/3704

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2019-01-25 21:29:13 UTC
Created postgis tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1669660]