CVE-2006-5540

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5540
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-10-26 17:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionbackend/parser/analyze.c in PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via certain aggregate functions in an UPDATE statement, which are not properly handled during a "MIN/MAX index optimization."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql 6.3.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 6.5.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.0.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.0.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.1.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.1.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.1.3 All All All
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
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.2.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.2.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.2.7 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.10 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.11 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.12 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.13 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.14 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.15 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.6 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.8 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.3.9 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.10 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.11 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.12 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.13 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.5 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.6 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.7 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.8 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 7.4.9 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.5 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.6 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.7 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.0.8 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.1.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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