CVE-2006-5542 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-5542

backend/tcop/postgres.c in PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users...

Vulnerability Description

backend/tcop/postgres.c in PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) related to duration logging of V3-protocol Execute messages for (1) COMMIT and (2) ROLLBACK SQL statements.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

postgresql
Vulnerable Versions:
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.