CVE-2006-5541

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

backend/parser/parse_coerce.c in PostgreSQL 7.4.1 through 7.4.14, 8.0.x before 8.0.9, and 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a coercion of an unknown element to ANYARRAY.

Affected products

PostgreSQL: from 7.4 before 7.4.14; from 8.0.0 before 8.0.9; from 8.1.0 before 8.1.5 — fixed in 7.4.14, 8.0.9, 8.1.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PostgreSQL 7.4.14, 8.0.9, 8.1.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pgsql/changeset/26457
http://secunia.com/advisories/22562
http://secunia.com/advisories/22584
http://secunia.com/advisories/22606
http://secunia.com/advisories/22636
http://secunia.com/advisories/23048
http://secunia.com/advisories/23132
http://secunia.com/advisories/24577
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017115
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-117.htm
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/59650c03a8bc5ae310cd7898bd106ad2.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:194

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