PT-2006-1732 · Postgresql · Postgresql

Akio Ishida · Published 2006-02-14 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2006-0678

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.5

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PostgreSQL versions 7.3.x through 7.3.13 PostgreSQL versions 7.4.x through 7.4.11 PostgreSQL versions 8.0.x through 8.0.6 PostgreSQL versions 8.1.x through 8.1.2

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a server crash, via a crafted SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION command when PostgreSQL is compiled with Asserts enabled. A valid login is required to exploit this issue. This can cause the postmaster to restart all backends.

Recommendations For PostgreSQL versions 7.3.x through 7.3.13, update to version 7.3.14 or later. For PostgreSQL versions 7.4.x through 7.4.11, update to version 7.4.12 or later. For PostgreSQL versions 8.0.x through 8.0.6, update to version 8.0.7 or later. For PostgreSQL versions 8.1.x through 8.1.2, update to version 8.1.3 or later.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0678

Affected Products

Postgresql

References · 17

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0678 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18890 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-258-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://trustix.org/errata/2006/0008 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.004-postgresql.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19015 · Note
• https://postgresql.org/support/security · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/498 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0605 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16650 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0678 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19035 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/425037/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24719 · Note
• http://postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-1-3 · Note