Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-1899

Title: Postgresql RCE

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-1899.

CWE Category CWE-94
Published Date Apr 04, 2013
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
54.31%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-1899: Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, and 9.0.x before 9.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file corruption), and allows remote authenticated users to modify configuration settings and execute arbitrary code, via a connection request using a database name that begins with a "-" (hyphen).

Impacted Vendors

P
postgresql 1
A
anynines 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1456/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-13.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-9.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-4.html http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/faq/2013-04-04/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1789-1 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1456/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-13.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-9.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-4.html http://www.postgresql.org/support/security/faq/2013-04-04/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1789-1
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-2013-1899 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.