CVE-2009-0922
PostgreSQL before 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) by triggering a failure in the conversion of a localized error message to a client-specified…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.2%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
PostgreSQL before 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) by triggering a failure in the conversion of a localized error message to a client-specified encoding, as demonstrated using mismatched encoding conversion requests.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.24% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.phpExploit
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.phpExploit
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34453Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35100Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258808-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020455.1-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0086
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:079
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503598/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021860
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0767Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1316Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488156
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10874
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6252
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00810.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00843.html
- http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.phpExploit
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.phpExploit
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34453Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.