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Postgres refcursor Function Buffer Overflow

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Postgres refcursor Function Buffer Overflow

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/01/2005
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/07/2007
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0247.

Solution(s)

  • postgres-upgrade-7_3_10
  • postgres-upgrade-7_4_7
  • postgres-upgrade-8_0_1

References

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