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TI-2009-00876 Aliases CVE-2009-0922GHSA-fj47-2vxw-632j

PostgreSQL before 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 allows remote authenticated…

Priority LOW 31CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.10242 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

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 · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4.24VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.20VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.1.16VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.2.12VulnerablePostgreSQL
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.3.6VulnerablePostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.4.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4.24 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.20 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1.16 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2.12 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL
  • cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3.6 Vulnerable ·PostgreSQL

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2009:1484 Released 2009-10-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    postgresql security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) postgresql-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1, postgresql-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.i386, postgresql-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.ia64 +37
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1, postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1.i386, postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1.ia64 +41
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) postgresql-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1, postgresql-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.i386, postgresql-contrib-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) postgresql-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1, postgresql-devel-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1, postgresql-devel-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.i386 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1, postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1.i386, postgresql-contrib-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1, postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1.i386, postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1.ia64 +30
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1, postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1.i386, postgresql-7.4.26-1.el4_8.1.ia64 +30
  • RHSA-2009:1067 Released 2009-05-26 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Application Stack v2.3 security and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5) httpd-2.2.11-2.el5s2, httpd-2.2.11-2.el5s2.i386, httpd-devel-2.2.11-2.el5s2 +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2009:1484
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1484
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:1484
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:1484
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1484
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1484
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1484

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-0922
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fj47-2vxw-632j

References

Exploit 2

Patch 3

Advisory 8

Other 6

  • 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
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Sources

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