Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-3229 - Multiple Security vulnerability in PostgreSQL
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
SINGLE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_X86_123591.NASL description SunOS 5.10_x86: PostgreSQL patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jan/14/10 This plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 123591 patch-revision plugins, or deemed non-security related. last seen 2019-02-21 modified 2018-07-30 plugin id 24849 published 2007-03-18 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=24849 title Solaris 10 (x86) : 123591-12 (deprecated) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201110-22.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-22 (PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote authenticated attacker could send a specially crafted SQL query to a PostgreSQL server with the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56626 published 2011-10-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56626 title GLSA-201110-22 : PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_138826.NASL description SunOS 5.10: PostgreSQL 8.3 core patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Mar/29/13 This plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 138826 patch-revision plugins, or deemed non-security related. last seen 2019-02-21 modified 2018-07-30 plugin id 39555 published 2009-06-28 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=39555 title Solaris 10 (sparc) : 138826-12 (deprecated) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_POSTGRESQL-6500.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3229) - allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges. (CVE-2009-3230) - when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password. (CVE-2009-3231) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41643 published 2009-09-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41643 title SuSE 10 Security Update : PostgreSQL (ZYPP Patch Number 6500) NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_123590-12.NASL description SunOS 5.10: PostgreSQL patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jan/14/10 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 107391 published 2018-03-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107391 title Solaris 10 (sparc) : 123590-12 NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_X86_138827.NASL description SunOS 5.10_x86: PostgreSQL 8.3 core patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Mar/29/13 This plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 138827 patch-revision plugins, or deemed non-security related. last seen 2019-02-21 modified 2018-07-30 plugin id 39558 published 2009-06-28 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=39558 title Solaris 10 (x86) : 138827-12 (deprecated) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1900.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL, a SQL database system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-3229 Authenticated users can shut down the backend server by re-LOAD-ing libraries in $libdir/plugins, if any libraries are present there. (The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.) - CVE-2009-3230 Authenticated non-superusers can gain database superuser privileges if they can create functions and tables due to incorrect execution of functions in functional indexes. - CVE-2009-3231 If PostgreSQL is configured with LDAP authentication, and the LDAP configuration allows anonymous binds, it is possible for a user to authenticate themselves with an empty password. (The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.) In addition, this update contains reliability improvements which do not target security issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 44765 published 2010-02-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44765 title Debian DSA-1900-1 : postgresql-7.4, postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4 - several vulnerabilities NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_136998.NASL description SunOS 5.10: PostgreSQL 8.2 core patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jun/09/11 This plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 136998 patch-revision plugins, or deemed non-security related. last seen 2019-02-21 modified 2018-07-30 plugin id 30169 published 2008-02-05 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=30169 title Solaris 10 (sparc) : 136998-10 (deprecated) NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_X86_123591-12.NASL description SunOS 5.10_x86: PostgreSQL patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jan/14/10 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 107893 published 2018-03-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107893 title Solaris 10 (x86) : 123591-12 NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_138826-12.NASL description SunOS 5.10: PostgreSQL 8.3 core patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Mar/29/13 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 107507 published 2018-03-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107507 title Solaris 10 (sparc) : 138826-12 NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_X86_136999.NASL description SunOS 5.10_x86: PostgreSQL 8.2 core patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jun/09/11 This plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 136999 patch-revision plugins, or deemed non-security related. last seen 2019-02-21 modified 2018-07-30 plugin id 30175 published 2008-02-05 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=30175 title Solaris 10 (x86) : 136999-10 (deprecated) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-9474.NASL description Update to PostgreSQL 8.3.8, for various fixes described at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html including three security issues Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40954 published 2009-09-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40954 title Fedora 10 : postgresql-8.3.8-1.fc10 (2009-9474) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_0_POSTGRESQL-090917.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - CVE-2009-3229: allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service - CVE-2009-3230: allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges - CVE-2009-3231: when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41938 published 2009-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41938 title openSUSE Security Update : postgresql (postgresql-1322) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_POSTGRESQL-6535.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3229) - allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges. (CVE-2009-3230) - when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password. (CVE-2009-3231) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 49919 published 2010-10-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/49919 title SuSE 10 Security Update : PostgreSQL (ZYPP Patch Number 6535) NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_X86_136999-10.NASL description SunOS 5.10_x86: PostgreSQL 8.2 core patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jun/09/11 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 107978 published 2018-03-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107978 title Solaris 10 (x86) : 136999-10 NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_POSTGRESQL-090917.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3229) - allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges. (CVE-2009-3230) - when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password. (CVE-2009-3231) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41642 published 2009-09-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41642 title SuSE 11 Security Update : PostgreSQL (SAT Patch Number 1319) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE9_12509.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgreSQL : - allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3229) - allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges. (CVE-2009-3230) - when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password. (CVE-2009-3231) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41641 published 2009-09-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41641 title SuSE9 Security Update : PostgreSQL (YOU Patch Number 12509) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-177.NASL 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 (CVE-2009-3229). The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600 (CVE-2009-3230). The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.8 and 8.2 before 8.2.14, when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password (CVE-2009-3231). This update provides a fix for this vulnerability. last seen 2019-02-21 modified 2018-07-19 plugin id 41949 published 2009-10-01 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=41949 title MDVSA-2009:177 : postgresql NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_X86_138827-12.NASL description SunOS 5.10_x86: PostgreSQL 8.3 core patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Mar/29/13 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 108005 published 2018-03-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108005 title Solaris 10 (x86) : 138827-12 NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-251.NASL 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 (CVE-2009-3229). The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600 (CVE-2009-3230). The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.8 and 8.2 before 8.2.14, when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password (CVE-2009-3231). This update provides a fix for this vulnerability. Update : Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41959 published 2009-10-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41959 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : postgresql8.2 (MDVSA-2009:251-1) NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_123590.NASL description SunOS 5.10: PostgreSQL patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jan/14/10 This plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 123590 patch-revision plugins, or deemed non-security related. last seen 2019-02-21 modified 2018-07-30 plugin id 24845 published 2007-03-18 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=24845 title Solaris 10 (sparc) : 123590-12 (deprecated) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_POSTGRESQL-6502.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - CVE-2009-3229: allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service - CVE-2009-3230: allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges - CVE-2009-3231: when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 42031 published 2009-10-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/42031 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : postgresql (postgresql-6502) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-9473.NASL description Update to PostgreSQL 8.3.8, for various fixes described at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html including three security issues Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40953 published 2009-09-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40953 title Fedora 11 : postgresql-8.3.8-1.fc11 (2009-9473) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_1_POSTGRESQL-090917.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in PostgrSQL - CVE-2009-3229: allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service - CVE-2009-3230: allows remote authenticated users to gain higher privileges - CVE-2009-3231: when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41939 published 2009-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41939 title openSUSE Security Update : postgresql (postgresql-1322) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-834-1.NASL description It was discovered that PostgreSQL could be made to unload and reload an already loaded module by using the LOAD command. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. (CVE-2009-3229) Due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600, RESET ROLE and RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations were allowed inside security-definer functions. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges within PostgreSQL. (CVE-2009-3230) It was discovered that PostgreSQL did not properly perform LDAP authentication under certain circumstances. When configured to use LDAP with anonymous binds, a remote attacker could bypass authentication by supplying an empty password. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. (CVE-2009-3231). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41045 published 2009-09-22 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2009-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41045 title Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3 vulnerabilities (USN-834-1) NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS10_136998-10.NASL description SunOS 5.10: PostgreSQL 8.2 core patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jun/09/11 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 107480 published 2018-03-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107480 title Solaris 10 (sparc) : 136998-10
Redhat
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Statements
| contributor | Tomas Hoger |
| lastmodified | 2009-09-24 |
| organization | Red Hat |
| statement | 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
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36660
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- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270408-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522092
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- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00307.html