CVE-2006-5540 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-5540

backend/parser/analyze.c in PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users...

Vulnerability Description

backend/parser/analyze.c in PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via certain aggregate functions in an UPDATE statement, which are not properly handled during a "MIN/MAX index optimization."

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

postgresql
Vulnerable Versions:
6.3.2, 6.5.3, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.7, 7.3, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.6, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 7.3.10, 7.3.11, 7.3.12, 7.3.13, 7.3.14, 7.3.15, 7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.4, 7.4.5, 7.4.6, 7.4.7, 7.4.8, 7.4.9, 7.4.10, 7.4.11, 7.4.12, 7.4.13, 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.7, 8.0.8, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4

Timeline

Official Publish: October 26th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.