CVE-2010-0442

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-02-02
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.5
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (postgresql)	ELSA-2010-0428	2010-05-19
Oracle Linux version 5 (postgresql)	ELSA-2010-0429	2010-05-19