CVE-2002-1642

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1642
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-03 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionPostgreSQL 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 allows local users to delete transaction log (pg_clog) data and cause a denial of service (data loss) via the VACUUM command.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.2.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.2.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
v7.2.3 Released to fix Potentially Critical Bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.postgresql.org Patch
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#891177 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
PostgreSQL VACUUM Command Data Loss Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PostgreSQL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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