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CVE-2009-0922

PostgreSQL 8.3.6 - Conversion Encoding Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

4
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

PostgreSQL en versiones anteriores a 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21 y 7.4.25 permite a usuarios remotos autenticados provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de pila y caída) desencadenando un fallo en la conversión de un mensaje de error localizado en el cifrado para un cliente especificado, como se demuestra usando peticiones de conversión de codificación no coincidentes.

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. This update provides a fix for this vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2009-03-17 CVE Reserved
  • 2009-03-17 CVE Published
  • 2014-04-14 First Exploit
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CAPEC
References (26)
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Postgresql
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Postgresql
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7.4.24
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Postgresql
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Postgresql
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8.0.20
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Postgresql
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Postgresql
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8.1.16
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Postgresql
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Postgresql
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8.2.12
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Postgresql
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Postgresql
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8.3.6
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Affected