CVE-2009-0922

N/A Unknown
Published: March 17, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/34453
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35100
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258808-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020455.1-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0086
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:079
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503598/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021860
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0767
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1316
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488156
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10874
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6252
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00810.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00843.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/34453
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35100
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258808-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020455.1-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0086
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:079
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503598/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021860
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0767
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1316
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10874
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6252
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00810.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00843.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

48 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
9.2%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

postgresql

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