FKIE_CVE-2013-1899
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-04-04 17:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:52
Severity
Summary
Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, and 9.0.x before 9.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file corruption), and allows remote authenticated users to modify configuration settings and execute arbitrary code, via a connection request using a database name that begins with a "-" (hyphen).
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.6 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.7 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.8 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.6 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.7 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.8 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.9 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.10 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.11 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.12 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 |
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