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TI-2005-01332 Aliases CVE-2005-1409GHSA-4c8j-pqvg-527j

PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to certain character…

Priority LOW 37Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to certain character conversion functions, which allows unprivileged users to call those functions with malicious values, with unknown impact, aka the "Character conversion vulnerability."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02045 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 28

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2.1VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2.2VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2.3VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2.4VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2.5VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2.6VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2.7VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.1VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.2VulnerablePostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.1 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.2 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.3 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.4 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.5 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.6 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.7 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.1 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.2 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
Show 18 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.3VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.4VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.5VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.6VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.7VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.8VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.9VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4.1VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4.2VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4.3VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4.4VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4.5VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4.6VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4.7VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.1VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.2VulnerablePostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.3 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.4 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.5 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.6 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.7 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.8 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.9 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4.1 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4.2 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4.3 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4.4 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4.5 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4.6 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4.7 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.1 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.2 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:433 Released 2005-06-01 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    postgresql security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1.i386, rh-postgresql-contrib-7.3.10-1 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1.i386, rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1.ia64 +41
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1.i386, postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1.ia64 +41
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1.i386, postgresql-contrib-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1.i386, rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1.ia64 +30
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1.i386, postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1.ia64 +30
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1.i386, rh-postgresql-7.3.10-1.ia64 +30
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1.i386, postgresql-7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1.ia64 +30

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:433
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:433
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:433
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:433
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:433
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:433
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:433
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:433

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1409
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4c8j-pqvg-527j

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2019-06651 In PostgreSQL 9.3 through 11.2, the "COPY TO/FROM PROGRAM" function allows superusers and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2017-05187 Improper authentication in postgresql CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-15711 SQL injection in postgresql CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-01675 Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2007-03176 The Database Link library (dblink) in PostgreSQL 8.1 implements functions via CREATE… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2022-01423 SQL injection in postgresql CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
See all 202 →

Sources

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