backend/parser/analyze.c in PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash)…

Description

backend/parser/analyze.c in PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via certain aggregate functions in an UPDATE statement, which are not properly handled during a "MIN/MAX index optimization."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• MDKSA-2006:194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• USN-369-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1017115 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pgsql/changeset/25504 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4182 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 22606 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/59650c03a8bc5ae310cd7898bd106ad2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.664 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 24284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23048 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24577 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11425 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-117.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 23132 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-369-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 22636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 2006-0059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
• 22562 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22584 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 24094 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:55 UTC.