Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL 7.2: Denial of Service and Arbitrary Code Execution via lpad and rpad Functions

Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL 7.2: Denial of Service and Arbitrary Code Execution via lpad and rpad Functions

CVE-2002-0972 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflows in PostgreSQL 7.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the functions (1) lpad or (2) rpad.

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