PT-2005-1325 · Postgresql+1 · Postgresql+1
Neil Conway
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Published
2005-02-01
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Updated
2023-01-19
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CVE-2005-0245
CVSS v2.0
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
PostgreSQL versions 8.0.0 and earlier
Description
The issue is related to buffer overflows in the gram.y file for PostgreSQL and the PL/PGSQL parser, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. A valid login is required to exploit this vulnerability. The buffer overflow in gram.y occurs when a large number of arguments are passed to a refcursor function, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Recommendations
For PostgreSQL versions 8.0.0 and earlier, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Postgresql
Red Hat