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CVE-2010-0442 Details

Description

The bitsubstr function in backend/utils/adt/varbit.c in PostgreSQL 8.0.23, 8.1.11, and 8.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a negative integer in the third argument, as demonstrated by a SELECT statement that contains a call to the substring function for a bit string, related to an "overflow."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2010-01/msg00125.php	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg00634.php	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567058	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=75dea10196c31d98d98c0bafeeb576ae99c09b12	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b15087cb39ca9e4bde3c8920fcee3741045d2b83	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/postgresql-8023-bitsubstr-overflow.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559194	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559259	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39566	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39820	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39939	CVE	Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023510	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55902	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9720	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-933-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2051	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:103	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/27/5	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0427.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0428.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0429.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37973	CVE	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1022	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1197	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1207	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1221	CVE	Permissions Required
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2010-01/msg00125.php	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg00634.php	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567058	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=75dea10196c31d98d98c0bafeeb576ae99c09b12	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b15087cb39ca9e4bde3c8920fcee3741045d2b83	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/postgresql-8023-bitsubstr-overflow.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559194	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559259	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39566	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39820	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39939	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023510	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55902	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9720	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-933-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2051	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:103	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/27/5	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0427.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0428.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0429.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37973	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1022	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1197	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1207	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1221	[email protected]	Permissions Required

see all 52 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
postgresql postgresql	>= 7.4, < 7.4.28 >= 8.0, < 8.0.24 >= 8.1, < 8.1.20 >= 8.2, < 8.2.16 >= 8.3, < 8.3.10
CPE cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 24, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 3, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]