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CVE-2012-0867

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

PostgreSQL 8.4.x before 8.4.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 truncates the common name to only 32 characters when verifying SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to spoof connections when the host name is exactly 32 characters.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 6.0
• Opensuse Project Opensuse: 12.2
• PostgreSQL: 8.4, 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.3, 8.4.4, 8.4.5 (+15)
• RedHat Desktop Workstation: 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 5.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 6.2.z
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49273
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:026
• http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49273

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