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CVE-2005-0227

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0227 describes a vulnerability in PostgreSQL versions 7.4.x, 7.2.x, and others, allowing local authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by loading shared libraries through the LOAD extension. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and authentication, but successful exploitation could lead to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.4, < 7.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0, < 8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: rh-postgresql-0:7.3.9-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: postgresql-0:7.4.7-2.RHEL4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0227

security flaw

Jan 21, 2005

References

archives.postgresql.org / pgsql-announce/2005-02/msg00000.php
PatchVendor Advisory
archives.postgresql.org / pgsql-bugs/2005-01/msg00269.php
Vendor Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/12948
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200502-08.xml
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10234
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-668
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/12411
Broken Link
trustix.org / errata/2005/0003
PatchThird Party Advisory