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CVE-2010-0442

Published: Feb 02, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.2 MODERATE
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0442
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PostgresqlPostgresql7.4 (including)7.4.28 (excluding)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.0 (including)8.0.24 (excluding)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.1 (including)8.1.20 (excluding)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.2 (including)8.2.16 (excluding)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3 (including)8.3.10 (excluding)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.4 (including)8.4.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatrh-postgresql-0:7.3.21-3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatpostgresql-0:7.4.29-1.el4_8.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatpostgresql-0:8.1.21-1.el5_5.1*
Postgresql-7.4Ubuntudapper*
Postgresql-8.0Ubuntudapper*
Postgresql-8.1Ubuntudapper*
Postgresql-8.1Ubuntuupstream*
Postgresql-8.2Ubuntuhardy*
Postgresql-8.2Ubuntuupstream*
Postgresql-8.3Ubuntuhardy*
Postgresql-8.3Ubuntuintrepid*
Postgresql-8.3Ubuntujaunty*
Postgresql-8.3Ubuntukarmic*
Postgresql-8.3Ubuntuupstream*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntudevel*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntukarmic*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntulucid*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntumaverick*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntunatty*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntuoneiric*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntuupstream*

References

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