CVE-2002-1398 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow in the PostgreSQL date parser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2002-1398?
CVE-2002-1398 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 8 Jan 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the date parser for PostgreSQL before 7.2.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long date string, aka a vulnerability "in handling long datetime input."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1398?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Postgresql Postgresql.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1398?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2002-1398 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1398 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Postgresql Postgresql
Sources
Also known as GHSA-67pm-79gc-7qx9.