SB2017071143 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL

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SB2017071143 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL

Published: July 11, 2017 Updated: June 23, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017071143
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 67% Low 33%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2004-0547)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Buffer overflow in the ODBC driver for PostgreSQL before 7.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2002-1397)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Vulnerability in the cash_words() function for PostgreSQL 7.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative argument, possibly triggering an integer signedness error or buffer overflow.


3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2002-0972)

The vulnerability allows a local user to read and manipulate data.

Buffer overflows in PostgreSQL 7.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the functions (1) lpad or (2) rpad.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References