Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5540

Title: Postgresql Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-5540.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 26, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.93%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5540: backend/parser/analyze.c in PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via certain aggregate functions in an UPDATE statement, which are not properly handled during a "MIN/MAX index optimization."

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pgsql/changeset/25504 http://secunia.com/advisories/22562 http://secunia.com/advisories/22584 http://secunia.com/advisories/22606 http://secunia.com/advisories/22636 http://secunia.com/advisories/23048 http://secunia.com/advisories/23132 http://secunia.com/advisories/24094 http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 http://secunia.com/advisories/24577 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017115 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-117.htm http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/59650c03a8bc5ae310cd7898bd106ad2.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:194 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.664 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0064.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0067.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0068.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20717 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0059/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-2 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4182 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11425 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pgsql/changeset/25504 http://secunia.com/advisories/22562 http://secunia.com/advisories/22584 http://secunia.com/advisories/22606 http://secunia.com/advisories/22636 http://secunia.com/advisories/23048 http://secunia.com/advisories/23132 http://secunia.com/advisories/24094 http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 http://secunia.com/advisories/24577 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017115 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-117.htm http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/59650c03a8bc5ae310cd7898bd106ad2.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:194 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.664 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0064.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0067.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0068.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20717 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0059/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-2 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4182 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11425

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-5540 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 23, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 26, 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:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.