NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting postgresql-docs package, versions <0:8.4.20-1.el6_5
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL6-POSTGRESQLDOCS-1478555
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 17 Feb 2014
Introduced: 17 Feb 2014
CVE-2014-0066 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:6 postgresql-docs to version 0:8.4.20-1.el6_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0211.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-docs package and not the postgresql-docs package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
The chkpass extension in PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly check the return value of the crypt library function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
- http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0066
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0211
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2120-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065236