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CVE-2005-0246

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The intagg contrib module for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arrays.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL: from 7.3.0 before 7.3.9; from 7.4.0 before 7.4.7; from 8.0.0 before 8.0.1 — fixed in 7.3.9, 7.4.7, 8.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PostgreSQL 7.3.9, 7.4.7, 8.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00401.php
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12948
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12417
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19185
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10148
• http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00401.php
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12948

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