CVE-2009-0922
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
PostgreSQL before 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) by triggering a failure in the conversion of a localized error message to a client-specified encoding, as demonstrated using mismatched encoding conversion requests.
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Statement
This issue has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 via:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1484.html
and in Red Hat Application Stack v2 via:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postgresql) | RHSA-2009:1484 | 2009-10-07 |
| Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5) | RHSA-2009:1067 | 2009-05-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (postgresql) | RHSA-2009:1484 | 2009-10-07 |
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