PostgreSQL up to 8.1.4 denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PostgreSQL (Database Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

backend/parser/parse_coerce.c in PostgreSQL 7.4.1 through 7.4.14, 8.0.x before 8.0.9, and 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a coercion of an unknown element to ANYARRAY.

The bug was discovered 10/16/2006. The weakness was presented 10/26/2006 by Sergey Koposov (Website). The advisory is available at mandriva.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5541 since 10/26/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24579 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDKSA-2006:194)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29809) and Tenable (24579). See 2631, 2633, 2632 and 32979 for similar entries.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 24579
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDKSA-2006:194)
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OpenVAS ID: 65371
OpenVAS Name: SLES9: Security update for PostgreSQL
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Sourcesinfo

Product: postgresql.org

Advisory: mandriva.com
Researcher: Sergey Koposov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5541 (🔍)
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X-Force: 29809
SecurityTracker: 1017115
Vulnerability Center: 14472 - PostgreSQL Denial of Service via ANYARRAY, Medium
SecurityFocus: 20717 - PostgreSQL Multiple Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22562 - PostgreSQL Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Not Critical
OSVDB: 30020 - CVE-2006-5541 - PostgreSQL - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-4182

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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/15/2019 21:34
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (83), 07/15/2019 21:34 (5)
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