PT-2005-2406 · Postgresql+1 · Postgresql+1

Tom Lane · Published 2005-05-03 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2005-1409

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PostgreSQL versions 7.3.x through 8.0.x

Description: The issue allows unprivileged users to call certain character conversion functions with malicious values, potentially causing at least a denial of service. A valid login is required to exploit this issue. The character conversion functions are not designed to be safe against malicious arguments.

Recommendations: For versions 7.3.x through 8.0.x, follow the special upgrade instructions provided in the announcement to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the character conversion functions to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1409

RHSA-2005:433

RHSA-2005_433

Affected Products

Postgresql

Red Hat

References · 17

• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/426302/30/6680/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• http://postgresql.org/about/news.315 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1409 · Security Note
• http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2005-05/msg00001.php · Patch
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-433.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0453 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-1409.html · Note
• https://postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2005-1409 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13476 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-1410.html · Note
• https://postgresql.org · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A676 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10050 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1409 · Note