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PostgreSQL 'tsearch2' Module Denial of Service Vulnerability

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PostgreSQL 'tsearch2' Module Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/04/2005
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/26/2007
Modified
02/24/2013

Description

The tsearch2 module in PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.0.x declares the (1) dex_init, (2) snb_en_init, (3) snb_ru_init, (4) spell_init, and (5) syn_init functions as "internal" even when they do not take an internal argument, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have other impacts via SQL commands that call other functions that accept internal arguments.

Solution(s)

  • postgres-upgrade-7_4_8
  • postgres-upgrade-8_0_3

References

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