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postgresql-15 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41862

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.

Products
postgresql-15
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
15.2-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-41862
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41862

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Mar 2023, 16:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41862

postgresql-15

Fixed versions: 15.2-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41862",
  "method": "structured",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:02:32.561831389Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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}