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CVE-2012-2655

Published: Jul 18, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.2 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2655
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.19, 8.4.x before 8.4.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.8, and 9.1.x before 9.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by adding the (1) SECURITY DEFINER or (2) SET attributes to a procedural languages call handler.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3 (including)8.3 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.1 (including)8.3.1 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.2 (including)8.3.2 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.3 (including)8.3.3 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.4 (including)8.3.4 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.5 (including)8.3.5 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.6 (including)8.3.6 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.7 (including)8.3.7 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.8 (including)8.3.8 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.9 (including)8.3.9 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.10 (including)8.3.10 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.11 (including)8.3.11 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.12 (including)8.3.12 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.13 (including)8.3.13 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.14 (including)8.3.14 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.15 (including)8.3.15 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.16 (including)8.3.16 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.17 (including)8.3.17 (including)
PostgresqlPostgresql8.3.18 (including)8.3.18 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatpostgresql84-0:8.4.12-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpostgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2*
Postgresql-8.2Ubuntuhardy*
Postgresql-8.3Ubuntuhardy*
Postgresql-8.3Ubuntuupstream*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntulucid*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntunatty*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntuoneiric*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntuprecise*
Postgresql-8.4Ubuntuupstream*
Postgresql-9.1Ubuntuoneiric*
Postgresql-9.1Ubuntuprecise*
Postgresql-9.1Ubuntuupstream*

References

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