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CVE-2012-0867

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0867 describes a vulnerability in PostgreSQL versions 8.4.x, 9.0.x, and 9.1.x where SSL certificate common names are truncated to 32 characters during verification, enabling remote attackers to spoof connections if the hostname is exactly 32 characters long. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential impact on integrity (data alteration), but no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0234 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postgresql84-0:8.4.11-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: postgresql-0:8.4.11-1.el6_2
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: postgresql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0867Low

postgresql: MITM due improper x509_v3 CN validation during certificate verification

Feb 27, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49273
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2418
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
postgresql.org / about/news/1377
Vendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory