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CVE-2002-1401
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2003-01-17 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected products
- PostgreSQL: 6.3.2, 6.5.3, 7.0.3, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2 (+5)
References
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02047.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02081.php
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8034
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02047.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02081.php
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8034
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html
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