| Name | CVE-2006-5541 |
| Description | backend/parser/parse_coerce.c in PostgreSQL 7.4.1 through 7.4.14, 8.0.x before 8.0.9, and 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a coercion of an unknown element to ANYARRAY. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql | source | sarge | (unfixed) | unimportant | ||
| postgresql-7.4 | source | (unstable) | 1:7.4.14-1 | unimportant | ||
| postgresql-8.1 | source | (unstable) | 8.1.5-1 | unimportant |
All crashes can only be triggered by authenticated users, these are not
treated as vulnerabilities.