Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-3231 First vendor Publication 2009-09-17
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.8 and 8.2 before 8.2.14, when using LDAP authentication with anonymous binds, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3231

CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification

Id Name
CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
CAPEC-57 Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Register Man in the Middle
CAPEC-94 Man in the Middle Attack
CAPEC-114 Authentication Abuse

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-287 Improper Authentication

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13647
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13647
Title: USN-834-1 -- postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3 vulnerabilities
Description: It was discovered that PostgreSQL could be made to unload and reload an already loaded module by using the LOAD command. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. Due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600, RESET ROLE and RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations were allowed inside security-definer functions. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges within PostgreSQL. It was discovered that PostgreSQL did not properly perform LDAP authentication under certain circumstances. When configured to use LDAP with anonymous binds, a remote attacker could bypass authentication by supplying an empty password. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-834-1
CVE-2009-3229
CVE-2007-6600
CVE-2009-3230
CVE-2009-3231
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 9.04
Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 8.10
Product(s): postgresql-8.1
postgresql-8.3
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13708
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13708
Title: DSA-1900-1 postgresql-7.4, postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4 -- several
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL, an SQL database system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-3229 Authenticated users can shut down the backend server by re-LOAD-ing libraries in $libdir/plugins, if any libraries are present there. CVE-2009-3230 Authenticated non-superusers can gain database superuser privileges if they can create functions and tables due to incorrect execution of functions in functional indexes. CVE-2009-3231 If PostgreSQL is configured with LDAP authentication, and the LDAP configuration allows anonymous binds, it is possible for a user to authenticate themselves with an empty password. In addition, this update contains reliability improvements which do not target security issues. For the old stable distribution, these problems have been fixed in version 1:7.4.26-0etch1 of the postgresql-7.4 source package, and version 8.1.18-0etch1 of the postgresql-8.1 source package. For the stable distribution, these problems have been fixed in version 8.3.8-0lenny1 of the postgresql-8.3 source package. For the unstable distribution, these problems have been fixed in version 8.3.8-1 of the postgresql-8.3 source package, and version 8.4.1-1 of the postgresql-8.4 source package. We recommend that you upgrade your PostgreSQL packages.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1900-1
CVE-2009-3229
CVE-2009-3230
CVE-2009-3231
Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): postgresql-7.4
postgresql-8.1
postgresql-8.3
postgresql-8.4
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7828
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7828
Title: DSA-1900 postgresql-7.4, postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4 -- several vulnerabilities
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL, an SQL database system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: Authenticated users can shut down the backend server by re-LOAD-ing libraries in $libdir/plugins, if any libraries are present there. (The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.) Authenticated non-superusers can gain database superuser privileges if they can create functions and tables due to incorrect execution of functions in functional indexes. If PostgreSQL is configured with LDAP authentication, and the LDAP configuration allows anonymous binds, it is possible for a user to authenticate themselves with an empty password. (The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.) In addition, this update contains reliability improvements which do not target security issues.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1900
CVE-2009-3229
CVE-2009-3230
CVE-2009-3231
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): postgresql-7.4
postgresql-8.1
postgresql-8.3
postgresql-8.4
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 185
Os 4
Os 2
Os 5
Os 2
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-02-12 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201110-22 (postgresql-server postgresql-base)
File : nvt/glsa_201110_22.nasl
2009-12-14 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:251-1 (postgresql8.2)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_251_1.nasl
2009-10-27 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:017
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_017.nasl
2009-10-19 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:016
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_016.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for PostgreSQL
File : nvt/sles10_postgresql0.nasl
2009-10-11 Name : SLES11: Security update for PostgreSQL
File : nvt/sles11_postgresql0.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for PostgreSQL
File : nvt/sles9p5059340.nasl
2009-10-06 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1900-1 (postgresql-7.4, postgresql-8.1, postgres...
File : nvt/deb_1900_1.nasl
2009-10-01 Name : PostgreSQL Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
File : nvt/postgreSQL_multiple_security_vulnerabilities.nasl
2009-09-28 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1461
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1461.nasl
2009-09-28 Name : Ubuntu USN-834-1 (postgresql-8.3)
File : nvt/ubuntu_834_1.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:177 (ruby)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_177.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
57917 PostgreSQL LDAP Anonymous Bind Authentication Bypass

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-10-25 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201110-22.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-11 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_postgresql-6535.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1900.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-06 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_postgresql-6502.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-02 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-251.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-29 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_postgresql-090917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-29 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_postgresql-090917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-28 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12509.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-28 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_postgresql-090917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-28 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_postgresql-6500.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-834-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-9473.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-9474.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-11 Name : The database service running on the remote host has an authentication bypass ...
File : postgresql_ldap_auth_bypass.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36314
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522084
DEBIAN http://www.us.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1900
FEDORA https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg003...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg003...
HP http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/36660
http://secunia.com/advisories/36727
http://secunia.com/advisories/36800
http://secunia.com/advisories/36837
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-834-1

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