CVE-2012-0868
CRLF injection vulnerability in pg_dump in PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.18, 8.4.x before 8.4.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted file containing object names…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in pg_dump in PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.18, 8.4.x before 8.4.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted file containing object names with newlines, which are inserted into an SQL script that is used when the database is restored.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.65% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0677.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49272
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49273
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:026
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:027
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-18.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0677.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49272
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49273
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:026
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:027
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-18.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.