CVE-2010-0442

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0442
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-02 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe bitsubstr function in backend/utils/adt/varbit.c in PostgreSQL 8.0.23, 8.1.11, and 8.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a negative integer in the third argument, as demonstrated by a SELECT statement that contains a call to the substring function for a bit string, related to an "overflow."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Intevydis blog: PostgreSQL 8.0.23 bitsubstr overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 intevydis.blogspot.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Re: Patch: Allow substring/replace() to get/set bit values af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.postgresql.org Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Bug 559194 – PostgreSQL 8.0.23 bitsubstr overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
git.postgresql.org Git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.postgresql.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: postgresql bitsubstr overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for postgresql - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 559259 – CVE-2010-0442 postgresql: substring() negative length argument buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-933-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
PostgreSQL Substring Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2051-1 postgresql-8.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
pgsql: Make bit/varbit substring() treat any negative length as meaning af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.postgresql.org Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
PostgreSQL 'bitsubstr' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
git.postgresql.org Git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.postgresql.org Vendor Advisory
#567058 - postgresql-8.3 - Segfault in substring - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Debian update for postgresql-8.3 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Ubuntu update for postgresql - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
git.postgresql.org Git - postgresql.git/commit MITRE git.postgresql.org
git.postgresql.org Git - postgresql.git/commit MITRE git.postgresql.org
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