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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:23:39 -0600
From: Vincent Danen <vdanen@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: postgresql integer overflow in hash
 table size calculation

* [2010-03-09 09:46:49 -0700] Vincent Danen wrote:

>I've been looking and can't find a CVE name for this issue.  Could one
>be assigned?
>
>An integer overflow flaw was found in the way postgresql used to
>calculate size for the hashtable for joined relations. An attacker could
>formulate a specially-crafted sql query, which once processed would lead
>to denial of service (postgresql daemon crash).
>
>References:
>
>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546621
>http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-10/msg00277.php

Please use CVE-2010-0733 for this issue.

-- 
Vincent Danen / Red Hat Security Response Team 

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