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CVE-2018-10915 — A vulnerability was found in libpq, the default PostgreSQL client library where

A vulnerability was found in libpq, the default PostgreSQL client library where libpq failed to properly reset its internal state between connections. If an affected version of libpq was used with "host" or "hostaddr" connection parameters from untrusted input

CVSS
8.5 HIGH
EPSS
1.75% (top 17.60%)
CWE
CWE-665, CWE-200, CWE-89
Published
2018-08-09T20:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T07:54:36.359Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability was found in libpq, the default PostgreSQL client library where libpq failed to properly reset its internal state between connections. If an affected version of libpq was used with "host" or "hostaddr" connection parameters from untrusted input, attackers could bypass client-side connection security features, obtain access to higher privileged connections or potentially cause…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
PostgreSQL Global Development Grouppostgresql10.5, 9.6.10, 9.5.14, 9.4.19, 9.3.24

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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