Exposed dangerous method or function in PostgreSQL - CVE-2005-0227
Published: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111737
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0227
CWE-ID: CWE-749
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
PostgreSQL
How to mitigate CVE-2005-0227
Install updates from vendor's website.
PostgreSQL - addressed in versions 7.2.7, 7.3.9, 7.4.7, 8.0.1
External References
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2005-01/msg00269.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2005-02/msg00000.php
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-668
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-08.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12948
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12411
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110726899107148&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10234