CVE-2012-4575

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2012-4575 · Published 18/11/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4575 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting pgbouncer (pgbouncer project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 82.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pgbouncer pgbouncer_project	`= 1.5.2`	No fix yet

Description

The add_database function in objects.c in the pgbouncer pooler 1.5.2 for PostgreSQL allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a long database name in a request.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Third Party Advisory
git.postgresql.org/gitweb
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/8 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/56371 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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