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CVE-2013-1899

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 ser…

Impact

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).

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
PostgresqlPostgresql
Versions 9.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.1, 9.1.1
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10

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