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CVE-2009-3229 json

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 caus…

published 2009-09-17 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3212

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • php RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.10-1.el5s2
  • httpd RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 2.2.13-2.el5s2
  • mysql RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.84-2.el5s2
  • php-gd RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.10-1.el5s2
  • mod_ssl RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 1:2.2.13-2.el5s2
  • php-cli RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.10-1.el5s2
  • php-dba RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.10-1.el5s2
  • php-pdo RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.10-1.el5s2

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1461

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-3229 updated cvss 4.0

postgresql: authenticated user server DoS via plugin re-LOAD-ing

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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