CVE-2005-0247

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large number of variables in a SQL statement being handled by the read_sql_construct function, (2) a large number of INTO variables in a SELECT statement being handled by the make_select_stmt function, (3) a large number of arbitrary variables in a SELECT statement being handled by the make_select_stmt function, and (4) a large number of INTO variables in a FETCH statement being handled by the make_fetch_stmt function, a different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2005-0245.

Impact & exploitability

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://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.phpPatch
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-19.xmlPatch
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_postgresql.htmlPatch
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.htmlPatch
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html