CVE-2010-0442
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.36% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2010-01/msg00125.phpVendor Advisory
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg00634.phpVendor Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567058Third Party Advisory
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=75dea10196c31d98d98c0bafeeb576ae99c09b12Vendor Advisory
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b15087cb39ca9e4bde3c8920fcee3741045d2b83Vendor Advisory
- http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/postgresql-8023-bitsubstr-overflow.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39566Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39820Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39939Broken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023510Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-933-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2051Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:103Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/27/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0427.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0428.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0429.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37973Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1022Permissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1197Permissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1207Permissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1221Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559194Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559259Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55902Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9720Third Party Advisory
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2010-01/msg00125.phpVendor Advisory
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg00634.phpVendor Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567058Third Party Advisory
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=75dea10196c31d98d98c0bafeeb576ae99c09b12Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.