Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-3230

Title: Postgresql Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-3230.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Sep 17, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.83%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-3230: The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-www/2009-09/msg00024.php http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/36660 http://secunia.com/advisories/36695 http://secunia.com/advisories/36727 http://secunia.com/advisories/36800 http://secunia.com/advisories/36837 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270408-1 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 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36314 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-834-1 http://www.us.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1900 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2602 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522085 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10166 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00305.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00307.html http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-www/2009-09/msg00024.php http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/36660 http://secunia.com/advisories/36695 http://secunia.com/advisories/36727 http://secunia.com/advisories/36800 http://secunia.com/advisories/36837 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270408-1 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 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36314 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-834-1 http://www.us.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1900 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2602 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522085 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10166 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00305.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00307.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-3230 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 17, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.