CVE-2012-0867
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 5.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| debian | 6.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.6 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.7 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.8 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.9 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 8.4.10 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.0.6 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.1.2 | |
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
- 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
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-295
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.