CVE-2009-0922 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.24% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-03-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| postgresql | postgresql |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PostgreSQL 8.3.6 - Conversion Encoding Remote Denial of Service | 2009-03-11 |
References
- http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.php
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34453
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35100
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258808-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020455.1-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0086
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:079
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503598/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021860
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0767
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1316
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488156
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