Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1642

Title: PostgreSQL VACUUM command deletes transaction log data DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-1642.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 03, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.44%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1642: PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 allows local users to delete transaction log (pg_clog) data and cause a denial of service (data loss) via the VACUUM command.

Impacted Vendors

anynines 1

postgresql 1

Reference Links

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2002-10/msg00000.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/891177 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7657 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11102 http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2002-10/msg00000.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/891177 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7657 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11102

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1642 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 03, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.