Debian DSA-516-1 : postgresql - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15353

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the ODBC driver of PostgreSQL, an object-relational SQL database, descended from POSTGRES. It is possible to exploit this problem and crash the surrounding application. Hence, a PHP script using php4-odbc can be utilised to crash the surrounding Apache webserver. Other parts of postgresql are not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the postgresql and related package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 7.2.1-2woody5.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=247306

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-516

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15353

File Name: debian_DSA-516.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0547

BID: 10470

DSA: 516