CVE-2010-0442
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 13.3%
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."
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 13.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile
- Published
- 2010-02-02
- Updated
- 2024-08-07
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2010-01/msg00125.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg00634.php
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=75dea10196c31d98d98c0baf…
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b15087cb39ca9e4bde3c8920…
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567058
- http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/postgresql-8023-bitsubstr-overflow.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023510
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-933-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2051
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/27/5
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0427.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0428.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0429.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37973
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559194
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559259
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55902
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A97…
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:103