CVE-2013-1899

Medium

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, and 9.0.x before 9.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file corruption), and allows remote authenticated users to modify configuration settings and execute arbitrary code, via a connection request using a database name that begins with a "-" (hyphen).

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability99. percentile54.3%
ProductPostgresql
PublishedApr 4, 2013
First seenApr 4, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
postgresql postgresql9.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.1.4, 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.1.7, 9.1.8, 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.0.7, 9.0.8, 9.0.9, 9.0.10, 9.0.11, 9.0.12—
canonical ubuntu_linux8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10—

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