From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Oct 30 2003 - 05:34:07 CST

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TITLE:
PostgreSQL "pg_to_ascii()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10097

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10097/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From local network

SOFTWARE:
PostgreSQL 7.x

DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in PostgreSQL, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a
vulnerable system.

Boundary errors in the "pg_to_ascii()" function can be exploited to
cause buffer overflows. Though not proven, this may potentially be
exploited to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.3.4.
http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors-ftp.html

REPORTED BY / CREDITS:
Guido Notari

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