MEDIUM
postgresql: potential DoS due to conversion functions
Published Mar 17, 2009
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.24%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 7.4.24
- 8.0.20
- 8.1.16
- 8.2.12
- 8.3.6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
postgresql-0:7.4.26-1.el4_8.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1484
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
postgresql-0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1484
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | postgresql-0:7.4.26-1.el4_8.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1484 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql-0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1484 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.24% 0.10242
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10242
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 10.24% (0.10242) | 95.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.24% (0.10242) | 95.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 7, 2026 | 9.67% (0.09674) | 92.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.64% (0.08643) | 91.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.72% (0.15715) | 91.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.64% (0.08643) | 91.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.03% (0.02034) | 89.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 2.32% (0.02322) | 88.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.66% (0.02658) | 88.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.06% (0.11063) | 94.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.06% (0.11063) | 94.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.06% (0.11063) | 88.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (27)
- http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.php mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.php mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34453 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35100 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258808-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020455.1-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0086 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:079 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503598/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021860 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0767 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1316 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0922 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488156 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0922
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10874 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6252 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0922
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00810.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00843.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 17, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 17, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0922
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a