postgresql: Ability of database owners to install procedural languages via CREATE LANGUAGE found unsafe (DoS)
Published Jul 18, 2012
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.93%
Description
PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.19, 8.4.x before 8.4.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.8, and 9.1.x before 9.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by adding the (1) SECURITY DEFINER or (2) SET attributes to a procedural language's call handler.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.3
- 8.3.1
- 8.3.2
- 8.3.3
- 8.3.4
- 8.3.5
- 8.3.6
- 8.3.7
- 8.3.8
- 8.3.9
- 8.3.10
- 8.3.11
- 8.3.12
- 8.3.13
- 8.3.14
- 8.3.15
- 8.3.16
- 8.3.17
- 8.3.18
Configuration 2
- 8.4
- 8.4.1
- 8.4.2
- 8.4.3
- 8.4.4
- 8.4.5
- 8.4.6
- 8.4.7
- 8.4.8
- 8.4.9
- 8.4.10
- 8.4.11
Configuration 3
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 9.0.2
- 9.0.3
- 9.0.4
- 9.0.5
- 9.0.6
- 9.0.7
Configuration 4
- 9.1
- 9.1.1
- 9.1.2
- 9.1.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
postgresql84-0:8.4.12-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1037
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1037
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
postgresql
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql84-0:8.4.12-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1037 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | postgresql-0:8.4.12-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1037 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql | Not affected | n/a |
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 1, 2026 | 2.93% (0.02930) | 86.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.93% (0.02930) | 85.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.52% (0.01517) | 79.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.98% (0.03980) | 80.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.52% (0.01517) | 79.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.20% (0.01203) | 85.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 1.20% (0.01203) | 85.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.20% (0.01203) | 83.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 75.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 54.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082258.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082292.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082294.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00024.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1037.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50718 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2491 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:092 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1398/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2655 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825995 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2655
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2655
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.