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title: "CVE-2006-0678\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-0678

Publication date 14 February 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| postgresql | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| postgresql-7.4 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 7.4.12-3 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 7.4.12-3 |
| postgresql-8.0 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 8.0.7-2build1 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0678)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0678)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-0678)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0678)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-258-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-258-1)
+ PostgreSQL vulnerability
+ 27 February 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0678>