CVE-2006-5542
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
backend/tcop/postgres.c in PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) related to duration logging of V3-protocol Execute messages for (1) COMMIT and (2) ROLLBACK SQL statements.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.0% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5527)
- Published
- October 26, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5527 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
References
- http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pgsql/changeset/25953
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22562(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22584(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22606
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23048
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23132
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24577
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017115
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-117.htm
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/59650c03a8bc5ae310cd7898bd106ad2.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:194
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.664(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0067.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0068.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20717(Patch)
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0059/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4182
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10122
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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