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high 7.5

CVE-2005-1409 json

PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to certain character conversion functions, which allows unprivileged users to ca…

published 2005-05-03 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1412

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to certain character conversion functions, which allows unprivileged users to call those functions with malicious values, with unknown impact, aka the "Character conversion vulnerability."

Patch / fix

  • postgresql RHEL 4 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1
  • postgresql-pl RHEL 4 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1
  • rh-postgresql RHEL 3 7.3.10-1
  • postgresql-tcl RHEL 4 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1
  • postgresql-jdbc RHEL 4 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1
  • postgresql-libs RHEL 4 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1
  • postgresql-test RHEL 4 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1
  • rh-postgresql-pl RHEL 3 7.3.10-1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:433

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-2005-1409 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 rh-postgresql 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-pl 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-tcl 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-jdbc 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-libs 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-test 7.3.10-1, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 rh-postgresql 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-pl 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-tcl 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-jdbc 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-libs 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-test 7.3.10-1, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 postgresql 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-pl 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-tcl 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-jdbc 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-libs 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-test 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 postgresql 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-pl 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-tcl 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-jdbc 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-libs 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-test 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 rh-postgresql 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-pl 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-tcl 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-jdbc 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-libs 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-test 7.3.10-1, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 postgresql 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-pl 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-tcl 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-jdbc 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-libs 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-test 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, +3 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 rh-postgresql 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-pl 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-tcl 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-jdbc 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-libs 7.3.10-1, rh-postgresql-test 7.3.10-1, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 postgresql 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-pl 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-tcl 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-jdbc 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-libs 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, postgresql-test 7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:433

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Exploit prediction

2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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References

Sources

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