National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0867

Overview

PostgreSQL 8.4.x before 8.4.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 truncates the common name to only 32 characters when verifying SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to spoof connections when the host name is exactly 32 characters.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:026

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:026

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2418

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49273

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49273

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:0678

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1173

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html