Re: CVE Request -- pgbouncer: DoS (pooler server shutdown) by adding database with large name

[Kurt Seifried <kseifried () redhat com>]

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On 11/02/2012 04:53 AM, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
> Hello Kurt, Steve, vendors,
>
> a denial of service flaw was found in the way pgbouncer, a
> lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL, performed processing
> of client requests attempting to add new database(s) with large
> name(s). A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause pooler
> server shutdown.
>
> Relevant upstream patch: [1]
> http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgbouncer.git;a=commitdiff;h=4b92112b820830b30cd7bc91bef3dd8f35305525
>
>  References: [2]
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692103 [3]
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872527
>
> Could you allocate a CVE id for this?
>
> Thank you && Regards, Jan. -- Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat
> Security Response Team

Please use CVE-2012-4575 for this issue.

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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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