CVE-2017-18359

Published: 25 January 2019

PostGIS 2.x before 2.3.3, as used with PostgreSQL, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted ST_AsX3D function input, as demonstrated by an abnormal server termination for "SELECT ST_AsX3D('LINESTRING EMPTY');" because empty geometries are mishandled.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
postgis Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (2.4.3+dfsg-4)
	cosmic	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Released (2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2)
	upstream	Released (2.3.3+dfsg-1)
	xenial	Released (2.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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