Input validation error in PostgreSQL - CVE-2010-0733
Published: February 13, 2023 / Updated: June 23, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111771
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0733
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform service disruption.
Integer overflow in src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c in PostgreSQL 8.4.1 and earlier, and 8.5 through 8.5alpha2, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a SELECT statement with many LEFT JOIN clauses, related to certain hashtable size calculations.
Affected software
PostgreSQL
Gentoo Linux
dev-db/postgresql
dev-db/postgresql-server
Gentoo Linux
dev-db/postgresql
dev-db/postgresql-server
How to mitigate CVE-2010-0733
Install update from vendor's website.
PostgreSQL - update to 8.4.2
dev-db/postgresql - update to 9.0.5
dev-db/postgresql-server - update to 9.0.5
dev-db/postgresql - update to 9.0.5
dev-db/postgresql-server - update to 9.0.5
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-10/msg00289.php
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/09/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546621
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/16/10
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-10/msg00287.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-10/msg00310.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-10/msg00277.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0428.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0427.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0429.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38619
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39820
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1197
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10691
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64b057e6823655fb6c5d1f24a28f236b94dd6c54