CVE-2002-1401 (GCVE-0-2002-1401)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-01-08 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:26
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflows in (1) circle_poly, (2) path_encode and (3) path_add (also incorrectly identified as path_addr) for PostgreSQL 7.2.3 and earlier allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code, possibly as a result of an integer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002… x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/8034 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2002-08-28 00:00
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