CVE-2006-0678 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0678?

CVE-2006-0678 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 14 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

PostgreSQL 7.3.x before 7.3.14, 7.4.x before 7.4.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.7, and 8.1.x before 8.1.3, when compiled with Asserts enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a crafted SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0553.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0678?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0678?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0678 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2006-0678 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0678 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Postgresql Postgresql

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• CVE-2013-1903 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-3279 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2002-1399 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-3065 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 9.1

All Postgresql Postgresql vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xr8v-mf39-c8v7.