Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-0678

Title: Postgresql Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-0678.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Feb 14, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 1.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.33%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-0678: PostgreSQL 7.3.x before 7.3.14, 7.4.x before 7.4.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.7, and 8.1.x before 8.1.3, when compiled with Asserts enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a crafted SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0553.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/18890 http://secunia.com/advisories/19015 http://secunia.com/advisories/19035 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/498 http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.004-postgresql.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-1-3 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425037/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16650 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0008 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-258-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0605 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24719 http://secunia.com/advisories/18890 http://secunia.com/advisories/19015 http://secunia.com/advisories/19035 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/498 http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.004-postgresql.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-1-3 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425037/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16650 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0008 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-258-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0605 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24719

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

1.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-0678 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.

February 14, 2006 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:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.