CVE-2010-0442

Medium

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."

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductPostgresql
PublishedFeb 2, 2010
First seenFeb 2, 2010

How to fix

Update
  • postgresql postgresql7.4.28, 8.0.24, 8.1.20, 8.2.16, 8.3.10, 8.4.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
postgresql postgresql7.4 ≤ v < 7.4.28, 8.0 ≤ v < 8.0.24, 8.1 ≤ v < 8.1.20, 8.2 ≤ v < 8.2.16, 8.3 ≤ v < 8.3.10, 8.4 ≤ v < 8.4.37.4.28, 8.0.24, 8.1.20, 8.2.16, 8.3.10, 8.4.3

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