CVE-2002-1401
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · Memory corruption
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Buffer overflows in (1) circle_poly, (2) path_encode and (3) path_add (also incorrectly identified as path_addr) for PostgreSQL 7.2.3 and earlier allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code, possibly as a result of an integer overflow.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165Patch
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02047.phpAdvisory
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02047.phpAdvisory
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02081.php
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8034
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02081.php