UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18359

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18359
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18359.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18359
Upstream
Published
2019-01-25T05:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:35Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

PostGIS 2.x before 2.3.3, as used with PostgreSQL, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted STAsX3D function input, as demonstrated by an abnormal server termination for "SELECT STAsX3D('LINESTRING EMPTY');" because empty geometries are mishandled.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / postgis

Package

Name
postgis
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgis@2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.3-2ubuntu1

2.*

2.1.0-4
2.1.1-1
2.1.1-2
2.1.1-3
2.1.1-4
2.1.1-5
2.1.2+dfsg-2
2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "liblwgeom-2.1.2",
            "binary_version": "2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblwgeom-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpostgis-java",
            "binary_version": "2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgis",
            "binary_version": "2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.3-postgis-2.1",
            "binary_version": "2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.3-postgis-2.1-scripts",
            "binary_version": "2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.3-postgis-scripts",
            "binary_version": "2.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18359.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / postgis

Package

Name
postgis
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgis@2.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.8+dfsg-4
2.2.0+dfsg-1
2.2.0+dfsg-3
2.2.1+dfsg-1
2.2.1+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "liblwgeom-2.2-5",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblwgeom-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgis",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.5-postgis-2.2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.5-postgis-scripts",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18359.json"