Bug 1065226 (CVE-2014-0063) - CVE-2014-0063 postgresql: stack-based buffer overflow in datetime input/output
Summary: CVE-2014-0063 postgresql: stack-based buffer overflow in datetime input/output
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-0063
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1065839 1065840 1065841 1065842 1065843 1065844 1065845 1065855 1065861 1069071 1069072
Blocks: 1065240 1095075
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Reported: 2014-02-14 07:23 UTC by Murray McAllister
Modified: 2023-05-12 02:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-10-20 10:43:14 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0211 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: postgresql84 and postgresql security update 2014-02-25 21:41:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0221 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: postgresql92-postgresql security update 2014-02-27 23:23:11 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0249 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: postgresql security update 2014-03-05 00:51:26 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0469 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: cfme security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2014-05-12 22:12:35 UTC

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
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