CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-3231

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2009-09-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-09-17
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• postgresql postgresql (>= 8.2 < 8.2.14) • postgresql postgresql (>= 8.3 < 8.3.8) • opensuse opensuse (>= 10.3 <= 11.1) • suse linux enterprise 10.0 • suse linux enterprise 11.0 • suse linux enterprise server 9 • fedoraproject fedora 10 • fedoraproject fedora 11 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References