CVE-2002-1402
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Buffer overflows in the (1) TZ and (2) SET TIME ZONE enivronment variables for PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and earlier allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/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.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2002-08/msg00004.phpAdvisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103021186622725&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103036987114437&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8034
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:062
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html