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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Databases >> PostgreSQL Character Conversion and Tsearch2 Module Vulnerabilities Vulnerability Assessment Details
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PostgreSQL Character Conversion and Tsearch2 Module Vulnerabilities |
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Checks for character conversion and tsearch2 module vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Description : According to its banner, the version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host may suffer from the following vulnerabilities : - Character Conversion Vulnerability Unprivileged users can call functions supporting client- server character set conversion from SQL commands even though those functions do not validate their arguments. - tsearch2 Vulnerability If installed, the 'contrib/tsearch2' module permits users to at a minimum crash the backend because it misdeclares several functions as returning type 'internal' when in fact they do not have any 'internal' argument. See also: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315 http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release-8-0-3.html Solution : Implement the changes described in the PostgreSQL advisory. Network Security Threat Level: Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4 (AV:R/AC:L/Au:R/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N) Networks Security ID: 13475, 13476 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Tenable Network Security |
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