NULL pointer dereference in PostgreSQL - CVE-2014-0066

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NULL pointer dereference in PostgreSQL - CVE-2014-0066

Published: March 31, 2014 / Updated: September 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41878
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0066
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via unspecified vectors.


Affected software

PostgreSQL
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
postgresql-8.4 (Ubuntu package)
postgresql-9.1 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0066

Install update from vendor's website.

postgresql-8.4 (Ubuntu package) - update to 8.4.20-0ubuntu010.04
postgresql-9.1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 9.1.12-0ubuntu0.12.04, 9.1.12-0ubuntu0.12.10, 9.1.12-0ubuntu0.13.10

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