National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3229
Original release date:09/17/2009
Last revised:03/26/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, and 8.2 before 8.2.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (backend shutdown) by "re-LOAD-ing" libraries from a certain plugins directory.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
Official Statement from Red Hat (09/24/2009)
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PostgreSQL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
In PostgreSQL versions prior to 8.2, only database administrator was able to LOAD additional plugins and use it to cause server crash. However, this does not bypass trust boundary, so its not a security flaw for older PostgreSQL versions. Additionally, no plugins are shipped in Red Hat PostgreSQL packages by default.
This issue was addressed in Red Hat Application Stack v2 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1461.html .
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-9474
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-9473
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522092
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1900
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-834-1
External Source: BID
Name: 36314
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20100307 rPSA-2010-0012-1 postgresql postgresql-contrib postgresql-server
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 270408
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36837
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36800
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36727
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36660
Type: Advisory
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:017
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:016
