CVE-2013-1899
Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, and 9.0.x before 9.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file corruption), and allows remote authenticated users to modify configuration settings…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 54.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, and 9.0.x before 9.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file corruption), and allows remote authenticated users to modify configuration settings and execute arbitrary code, via a connection request using a database name that begins with a "-" (hyphen).
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 54.31% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 54.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1456/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-13.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-9.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-4.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/faq/2013-04-04/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1789-1
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.