CVE-2009-3231

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3231
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-17 10:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe core server component in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.8 and 8.2 before 8.2.14, when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql All 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 Mailing List
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU02781 SSRT100617 rev.1 - HP Network Node Manager i (NNMi) for HP-UX, Linux' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
Debian update for postgresql - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
PostgreSQL Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-834-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: postgresql-8.3.8-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
PostgreSQL: Documentation: Manuals: PostgreSQL 8.3: Release 8.3.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org Release Notes
Fedora update for postgresql - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link
PostgreSQL: Security Information af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postgresql.org Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA36800 - Ubuntu update for postgresql - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
PostgreSQL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, 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 Broken Link
Bug 522084 – CVE-2009-3231 postgresql: LDAP authentication bypass when anonymous LDAP bind are allowed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
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, as they do not support LDAP authentication, which was introduced upstream in version 8.2. This issue was addressed in Red Hat Application Stack v2 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1461.html .

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