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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-0105

Original release date:01/10/2006
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

PostgreSQL 8.0.x before 8.0.6 and 8.1.x before 8.1.2, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (postmaster exit and no new connections) via a large number of simultaneous connection requests.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: MLIST
Name: [pgsql-announce] 20060109 CRITICAL RELEASE: Minor Releases to Fix DoS Vulnerability
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2006-01/msg00001.php
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-0114
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0114
External Source: XF
Name: postgresql-connection-request-dos(24049)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/24049
External Source: BID
Name: 16201
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16201
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060111 PostgreSQL security releases 8.0.6 and 8.1.2
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/421592/100/0/threaded
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.456
Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.456
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015482
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015482
External Source: SREASON
Name: 327
Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/327
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 18419
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18419

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.0.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.1.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:8.1.1
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0105