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FKIE_CVE-2002-1401

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2003-01-17 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:59

Severity

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02047.php	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02081.php
cve@mitre.org	http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/8034
cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02047.php	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02081.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/8034
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
postgresql	postgresql	6.3.2
postgresql	postgresql	6.5.3
postgresql	postgresql	7.0.3
postgresql	postgresql	7.1
postgresql	postgresql	7.1.1
postgresql	postgresql	7.1.2
postgresql	postgresql	7.1.3
postgresql	postgresql	7.2
postgresql	postgresql	7.2.1
postgresql	postgresql	7.2.2
postgresql	postgresql	7.2.3

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-01-08 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:26

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

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

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