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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 third argument, as demonstrated by a SELECT statement that contains a call to the substring function for a bit string, related to an "overflow."

Published

2010-02-02T18:30:00.360

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	postgresql	postgresql	< 7.4.28	Yes
Application	postgresql	postgresql	< 8.0.24	Yes
Application	postgresql	postgresql	< 8.1.20	Yes
Application	postgresql	postgresql	< 8.2.16	Yes
Application	postgresql	postgresql	< 8.3.10	Yes
Application	postgresql	postgresql	< 8.4.3	Yes

References

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2010-01/msg00125.php Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg00634.php Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567058 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=75dea10196c31d98d98c0bafeeb576ae99c09b12 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b15087cb39ca9e4bde3c8920fcee3741045d2b83 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/postgresql-8023-bitsubstr-overflow.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39566 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39820 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39939 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023510 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-933-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2051 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:103 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/27/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0427.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0428.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0429.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37973 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1022 Permissions Required ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1197 Permissions Required ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1207 Permissions Required ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1221 Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559194 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559259 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55902 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9720 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2010-01/msg00125.php Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg00634.php Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567058 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=75dea10196c31d98d98c0bafeeb576ae99c09b12 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b15087cb39ca9e4bde3c8920fcee3741045d2b83 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/postgresql-8023-bitsubstr-overflow.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39566 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39820 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39939 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023510 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-933-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2051 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:103 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/27/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0427.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0428.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0429.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37973 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1022 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1197 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1207 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1221 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559194 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559259 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55902 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9720 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)