FKIE_CVE-2009-0922

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-03-17 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:06
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.phpExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.phpExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34453Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35100Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258808-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020455.1-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0086
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:079
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503598/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090Exploit, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021860
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0767Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1316Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488156
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10874
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6252
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00810.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00843.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.phpExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.phpExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34453Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35100Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258808-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020455.1-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0086
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:079
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503598/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021860
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0767Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1316Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488156
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10874
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6252
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00810.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00843.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
postgresql postgresql 7.4.24
postgresql postgresql 8.0.20
postgresql postgresql 8.1.16
postgresql postgresql 8.2.12
postgresql postgresql 8.3.6

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      "value": "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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      "value": "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 denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (consumo de pila y ca\u00edda) desencadenando un fallo en la conversi\u00f3n de un mensaje de error localizado en el cifrado para un cliente especificado, como se demuestra usando peticiones de conversi\u00f3n de codificaci\u00f3n no coincidentes."
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  "evaluatorComment": "Per: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488156\r\n\r\n\"PostgreSQL allows remote authenticated users to cause a momentary denial\r\nof service (crash due to stack consumption) when there is a failure to\r\nconvert a localized error message to the client-specified encoding.\r\nIn releases 8.3.6, 8.2.12, 8.1.16. 8.0.20, and 7.4.24, a trivial\r\nmisconfiguration is sufficient to provoke a crash.  In older releases\r\nit is necessary to select a locale and client encoding for which\r\nspecific messages fail to translate, and so a given installation may or\r\nmay not be vulnerable depending on the administrator-determined locale\r\nsetting.\r\n\r\nReleases 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 are secure against\r\nall known variants of this issue.\"",
  "id": "CVE-2009-0922",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:06:06.700",
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          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "SINGLE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 4.0,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "exploitabilityScore": 8.0,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
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  "published": "2009-03-17T17:30:00.187",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "comment": "This issue has been addressed in Red Hat\nEnterprise Linux 4 and 5 via:\nhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1484.html\n\nand in Red Hat Application Stack v2 via:\nhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html",
      "lastModified": "2009-10-08T00:00:00",
      "organization": "Red Hat"
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-399"
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      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
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}



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