CVE-2009-3229

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-17 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

PostgreSQL: 8.2, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.4, 8.2.5 (+17)

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
http://secunia.com/advisories/36727
http://secunia.com/advisories/36800
http://secunia.com/advisories/36837
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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