Vulnerability in PostgreSQL
CVE-2005-1409
PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to certain character conversion functions, which allows unprivileged users to call those functions with malicious values, with unknown impact, aka the "Character conversion vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- PostgreSQL — versions 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:676 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-433.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426302/30/6680/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0453 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13476 (vdb-entry)
- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2005-05/msg00001.php (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.postgresql.org/about/news.315 (Patch)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10050 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html (vendor-advisory)