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CVE-2006-5541

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5541 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PostgreSQL versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.14, 8.0.x before 8.0.9, and 8.1.x before 8.1.5. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the PostgreSQL daemon by coercing an unknown element to ANYARRAY. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.4, < 7.4.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0216 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postgresql-0:8.1.8-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: postgresql-0:8.1.7-3.el4s1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-5541Low

security flaw

Oct 16, 2006

References

projects.commandprompt.com / public/pgsql/changeset/26457
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/22562
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secunia.com / advisories/22584
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secunia.com / advisories/22606
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secunia.com / advisories/22636
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secunia.com / advisories/23048
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secunia.com / advisories/23132
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secunia.com / advisories/24577
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securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB EntryURL Repurposed
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10905
Broken Link
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-117.htm
Third Party Advisory
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/59650c03a8bc5ae310cd7898bd106ad2.html
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html
Broken Link
postgresql.org / about/news.664
Broken LinkPatch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0067.html
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redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0068.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/20717
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
trustix.org / errata/2006/0059
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-369-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-369-2
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4182
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