Vulnerability in PostgreSQL
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 encoding, as demonstrated using mismatched encoding conversion requests.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.102 (95.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.102 · newest: 0.102 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- PostgreSQL — versions 7.4.24, 8.0.20, 8.1.16
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00843.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html (vendor-advisory)
- archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.php (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10874 (signature, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4 (mailing-list)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-0922?
- CVE-2009-0922 is a vulnerability in PostgreSQL, classified under CWE-399. Published 2009-03-17.
- Is CVE-2009-0922 known to be exploited?
- 12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.