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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2010-0733 EUVD-2010-0759GHSA-qxf5-r3fp-g7w9

Integer overflow in src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c in PostgreSQL 8.4.1 and earlier, and 8.5 through 8.5alpha2, allows remote authenticated…

Published Mar 19, 2010 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

Integer overflow in src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c in PostgreSQL 8.4.1 and earlier, and 8.5 through 8.5alpha2, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a SELECT statement with many LEFT JOIN clauses, related to certain hashtable size calculations.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 5 postgresql +9 8.1.21-1.el5_5.1 RHSA-2010:0429
RHEL 4 postgresql +10 7.4.29-1.el4_8.1 RHSA-2010:0428
RHEL 3 rh-postgresql +10 7.3.21-3 RHSA-2010:0427

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 3

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