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    CVE-2012-2655

    PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.19, 8.4.x before 8.4.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.8, and 9.1.x before 9.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by adding the (1) SECURITY DEFINER or (2) SET attributes to a procedural language's call handler.

    Published:May 30, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jul 18, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.01492
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Postgresql
    Product
    Postgresql
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    CVE-2026-6464 (CVSS 8.1) — Untrusted data inclusion in PostgreSQL psql COPY may allow a server administrator to elicit execution of data …
    CVE-2026-19385 (CVSS 8.8) — Heap buffer overflow in PostgreSQL pg_dump of long function transform lists allows an object creator to execut…
    CVE-2026-18408 (CVSS 8.8) — Untrusted data inclusion in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a malicious superuser of the origin server to inject …
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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082258.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082292.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082294.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1037.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50718
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2491
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092
    http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1398/
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082258.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082292.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082294.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1037.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50718
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2491
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092
    http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1398/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High