CVE-2009-3229

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3229
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-17 10:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, and 8.2 before 8.2.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (backend shutdown) by "re-LOAD-ing" libraries from a certain plugins directory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.10 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.11 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.12 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.13 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.5 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.6 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.7 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.8 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.2.9 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.3.1 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.3.2 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.3.3 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.3.4 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.3.5 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.3.6 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.3.7 All All All
Application Postgresql Postgresql 8.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: postgresql-8.3.8-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU02781 SSRT100617 rev.1 - HP Network Node Manager i (NNMi) for HP-UX, Linux' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian update for postgresql - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug 522092 – CVE-2009-3229 postgresql: authenticated user server DoS via plugin re-LOAD-ing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
PostgreSQL Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-834-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: postgresql-8.3.8-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
PostgreSQL: Documentation: Manuals: PostgreSQL 8.3: Release 8.3.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org
Fedora update for postgresql - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
PostgreSQL: Security Information af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA36800 - Ubuntu update for postgresql - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PostgreSQL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1900-1 postgresql-7.4, postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-09-24Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PostgreSQL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. In PostgreSQL versions prior to 8.2, only database administrator was able to LOAD additional plugins and use it to cause server crash. However, this does not bypass trust boundary, so its not a security flaw for older PostgreSQL versions. Additionally, no plugins are shipped in Red Hat PostgreSQL packages by default. This issue was addressed in Red Hat Application Stack v2 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1461.html .

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