vulnerability

PostgreSQL: CVE-2022-41862: Client memory disclosure when connecting, with Kerberos, to modified server

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 10, 2023
Added
Feb 10, 2023
Modified
Nov 14, 2025

Description

In PostgreSQL, a modified, unauthenticated server can send an unterminated string during the establishment of Kerberos transport encryption. In certain conditions a server can cause a libpq client to over-read and report an error message containing uninitialized bytes.

Solutions

postgres-upgrade-14_7postgres-upgrade-15_2
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