SB2005020101 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL

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SB2005020101 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL

Published: February 1, 2005 Updated: June 21, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2005020101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Exposed dangerous method or function (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0227)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to application allows using the LOAD command to load and execute arbitrary binaries. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the server. 


2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0244)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote user can bypass the EXECUTE permission check for functions by using the CREATE AGGREGATE command.


3) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0245)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote user can pass a large number of arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


4) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0246)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote user can pass specially crafted arrays to the database and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References