CVE-2012-1618 Information

Description

Interaction error in the PostgreSQL JDBC driver before 8.2 when used with a PostgreSQL server with the \standard_conforming_strings\ option enabled such as the default configuration of PostgreSQL 9.1 does not properly escape unspecified JDBC statement parameters which allows remote attackers to perform SQL injection attacks. NOTE: as of 20120330 it was claimed that the upstream developer planned to dispute this issue but an official dispute has not been posted as of 20121005.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0126.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security/2012-03/msg00024.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/9 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/31/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/02/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/11 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/9 http://www.osvdb.org/80641 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754273