Executive Summary



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Summary
Title PostgreSQL vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-933-1 First vendor Publication 2010-04-28
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2010-04-28
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 8 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
postgresql-8.1 8.1.20-0ubuntu0.6.06.1

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
postgresql-8.3 8.3.10-0ubuntu8.04.1

Ubuntu 9.04:
postgresql-8.3 8.3.10-0ubuntu9.04.1

Ubuntu 9.10:
postgresql-8.4 8.4.3-0ubuntu9.10.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that PostgreSQL did not properly sanitize its input when using substring() with a SELECT statement. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-933-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13207
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13207
Title: USN-933-1 -- postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4 vulnerability
Description: It was discovered that PostgreSQL did not properly sanitize its input when using substring with a SELECT statement. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-933-1
CVE-2010-0442
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 9.04
 Product(s): postgresql-8.1
postgresql-8.3
postgresql-8.4
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9720
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9720
Title: The bitsubstr function in backend/utils/adt/varbit.c in PostgreSQL 8.0.23, 8.1.11, and 8.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a negative integer in the third argument, as demonstrated by a SELECT statement that contains a call to the substring function for a bit string, related to an "overflow."
Description: The bitsubstr function in backend/utils/adt/varbit.c in PostgreSQL 8.0.23, 8.1.11, and 8.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a negative integer in the third argument, as demonstrated by a SELECT statement that contains a call to the substring function for a bit string, related to an "overflow."
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-0442
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 205

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-02-12 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201110-22 (postgresql-server postgresql-base)
File : nvt/glsa_201110_22.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for postgresql CESA-2010:0429 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0429_postgresql_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-06-03 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2051-1 (postgresql-8.3)
File : nvt/deb_2051_1.nasl
2010-05-28 Name : CentOS Update for rh-postgresql CESA-2010:0427 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0427_rh-postgresql_centos3_i386.nasl
2010-05-28 Name : CentOS Update for postgresql CESA-2010:0428 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0428_postgresql_centos4_i386.nasl
2010-05-28 Name : RedHat Update for postgresql RHSA-2010:0427-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0427-01_postgresql.nasl
2010-05-28 Name : RedHat Update for postgresql RHSA-2010:0428-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0428-01_postgresql.nasl
2010-05-28 Name : RedHat Update for postgresql RHSA-2010:0429-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0429-01_postgresql.nasl
2010-05-28 Name : Mandriva Update for postgresql MDVSA-2010:103 (postgresql)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_103.nasl
2010-04-30 Name : Ubuntu Update for PostgreSQL vulnerability USN-933-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_933_1.nasl
2010-03-30 Name : FreeBSD Ports: postgresql-server
File : nvt/freebsd_postgresql-server0.nasl
2010-03-22 Name : Mandriva Update for poppler MDVA-2010:103 (poppler)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVA_2010_103.nasl
2010-01-28 Name : PostgreSQL 'bitsubstr' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
File : nvt/postgresql_37973.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
62129 PostgreSQL backend/utils/adt/varbit.c bitsubstr Function Remote DoS

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 PostgreSQL bit substring buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 16393 - Revision : 9 - Type : SERVER-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0428.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0429.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20100519_postgresql_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-25 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201110-22.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-01 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0429.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2051.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-24 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-24 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0428.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-21 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0428.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0429.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-04-29 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-933-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-26 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_e050119b385611dfb2b2002170daae37.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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