4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
postgresql is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL handles encoding conversion. A remote, authenticated user could trigger an encoding conversion failure, possibly leading to a temporary denial of service.
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