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CVE-2009-3229: postgresql

Modified
Published 17-09-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-3229 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) vulnerability in postgresql. EPSS estimates a 2.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1900-1RHSA-2009:1461

Timeline

  1. 17-09-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.61% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Postgresql1 product
  • postgresqlEOL8.2 | 8.2.1 | 8.2.2 | 8.2.3 | 8.2.4 | 8.2.5 | 8.2.6 | 8.2.7 | 8.2.8 | 8.2.9 | 8.2.10 | 8.2.11 | 8.2.12 | 8.2.13 | 8.3 | 8.3.1 | 8.3.2 | 8.3.3 | 8.3.4 | 8.3.5 | 8.3.6 | 8.3.7 | 8.4

1 vendor · 1 product

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