CVE-2010-0442

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-01-27
Bugzilla:
559259: CVE-2010-0442 postgresql: substring() negative length argument buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The bitsubstr function in backend/utils/adt/varbit.c in PostgreSQL 8.0.23, 8.1.11, and 8.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a negative integer in the third argument, as demonstrated by a SELECT statement that contains a call to the substring function for a bit string, related to an "overflow."

Find out more about CVE-2010-0442 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.2
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql) RHSA-2010:0429 2010-05-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (postgresql) RHSA-2010:0428 2010-05-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (rh-postgresql) RHSA-2010:0427 2010-05-19

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