CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0245

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow vulnerability in gram.y in PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of arguments to a refcursor function, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0247.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes the possibility of remote arbitrary code execution by an attacker, which could lead to compromise of the database system, data leakage, or service disruption.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade PostgreSQL to version 8.0.1 or later, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0247.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS