Explain CVE-2012-1618
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '[oss-security] 20120330 postgresql-jdbc 8.1 SQL injection with postgresql server 9.1', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/9'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20120402 Re: [JDBC] CVE DISPUTE notification: postgresql-jdbc: SQL injection due improper escaping of JDBC statement parameters', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/02/4'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754273'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20120404 Re: CVE DISPUTE notification: postgresql-jdbc: SQL injection due improper escaping of JDBC statement parameters', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/9'}, {'name': '80641', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://www.osvdb.org/80641'}, {'name': '[opensuse-security] 20120325 SQL injection attack possible when connecting to PostgreSQL 9.1 with version 8.1 JDBC driver', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security/2012-03/msg00024.html'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20120404 Re: Re: [JDBC] CVE DISPUTE notification: postgresql-jdbc: SQL injection due improper escaping of JDBC statement parameters', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/5'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20120404 Re: Re: [pgsql-security] postgresql-jdbc 8.1 SQL injection with postgresql server 9.1', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/4'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20120330 CVE DISPUTE notification: postgresql-jdbc: SQL injection due improper escaping of JDBC statement parameters', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/8'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20120404 Re: CVE DISPUTE notification: postgresql-jdbc: SQL injection due improper escaping of JDBC statement parameters', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/11'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20120331 SQL injection attack possible when connecting to PostgreSQL 9.1 with version 8.1 JDBC driver', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/31/1'}, {'name': '20120325 SQL injection attack possible when connecting to PostgreSQL 9.1 with version 8.1 JDBC driver', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0126.html'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED