Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0972
CVE-2002-0972
Description
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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8cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 7.2
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