Externally-controlled format string in PostgreSQL timeofday() function allows an attacker to retrieve portions of server memory, via crafte…
Externally-controlled format string in PostgreSQL timeofday() function allows an attacker to retrieve portions of server memory, via crafted timezone zones. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html →Open in CWE collection →This attack targets applications and software that uses the syslog() function insecurely. If an application does not explicitely use a format string parameter in a call to syslog(), user input can be placed in the format string parameter leading to a format string injection attack. Adversaries can then inject malicious format string commands into the function call leading to a buffer overflow. There are many reported software vulnerabilities with the root cause being a misuse of the syslog() function.
https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/67.html →Open in CAPEC collection →An adversary includes formatting characters in a string input field on the target application. Most applications assume that users will provide static text and may respond unpredictably to the presence of formatting character. For example, in certain functions of the C programming languages such as printf, the formatting character %s will print the contents of a memory location expecting this location to identify a string and the formatting character %n prints the number of DWORD written in the memory. An adversary can use this to read or write to memory locations or files, or simply to manipulate the value of the resulting text in unexpected ways. Reading or writing memory may result in program crashes and writing memory could result in the execution of arbitrary code if the adversary can write to the program stack.
https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/135.html →Open in CAPEC collection →| Product | Vendor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked | ||
| postgresql-13 | Tracked | |
| postgresql-15 | Tracked | |
| postgresql-17 | Tracked | |
| postgresql-18 | Tracked | |
| postgresql | * | Tracked |