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CVE-2009-3229

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3229 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PostgreSQL versions 8.4.0, 8.3.7 and earlier, and 8.2.13 and earlier. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger a backend shutdown by repeatedly loading libraries from a specific plugins directory. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, with an attack vector of network, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0261 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3229Low

postgresql: authenticated user server DoS via plugin re-LOAD-ing

Sep 9, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/36660
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36727
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36800
secunia.com / advisories/36837
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00305.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00307.html
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012
postgresql.org / docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html
postgresql.org / support/security.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/36314
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-834-1
us.debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1900