# CVE-2005-1410: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can crash the PostgreSQL database by calling specific internal functions via SQL commands, requiring low privileges.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 May 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-43pr-qcpc-578c

## What is CVE-2005-1410?

CVE-2005-1410 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 3 May 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The tsearch2 module in PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.0.x declares the (1) dex_init, (2) snb_en_init, (3) snb_ru_init, (4) spell_init, and (5) syn_init functions as "internal" even when they do not take an internal argument, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have other impacts via SQL commands that call other functions that accept internal arguments.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1410?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Postgresql Postgresql, Trustix Secure Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-1410?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2005-1410 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1410 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Postgresql Postgresql

- [CVE-2013-1902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1902/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-1903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1903/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3279/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-1399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1399/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-3065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3065/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-1410 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-1410 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 3 May 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1410 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Postgresql Postgresql. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1410/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1410/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1410
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1410
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-1410

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