CVE-2014-8161

postgresql: information leak through constraint violation errors

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before 9.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive column values by triggering constraint violation and then reading the error message.

PostgreSQL versiones anteriores a 9.0.19, versiones 9.1.x anteriores a 9.1.15, versiones 9.2.x anteriores a 9.2.10, versiones 9.3.x anteriores a 9.3.6 y versiones 9.4.x anteriores a 9.4.1, permite a usuarios autenticados remotos obtener valores de columna confidenciales mediante la violación de restricciones y luego leer el mensaje de error.

An information leak flaw was found in the wathe PostgreSQL database server handled certain error messages. An authenticated database user could possibly obtain the results of a query they did not have privileges to execute by observing the constraint violation error messages produced when the query was executed.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-10-10 CVE Reserved
2015-02-09 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-209: Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
CWE-300: Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569	2020-01-31
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html	2020-01-31
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html	2020-01-31
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html	2020-01-31
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html	2020-01-31
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html	2020-01-31
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8161	2015-04-20
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182043	2015-04-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql"		Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql"				< 9.0.19 Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql" and version " < 9.0.19"		-		Affected
Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql"		Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql"				>= 9.1.0 < 9.1.15 Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql" and version " >= 9.1.0 < 9.1.15"		-		Affected
Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql"		Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql"				>= 9.2.0 < 9.2.10 Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql" and version " >= 9.2.0 < 9.2.10"		-		Affected
Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql"		Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql"				>= 9.3.0 < 9.3.6 Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql" and version " >= 9.3.0 < 9.3.6"		-		Affected
Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql"		Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql"				>= 9.4.0 < 9.4.1 Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql" and version " >= 9.4.0 < 9.4.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected