Is CVE-2009-3231 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3231 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3231?

CVE-2009-3231 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-3231

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 7.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
EPSS score: 7.6% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-3214)
Published: September 17, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3214 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
opensuse / opensuse
postgresql / postgresql
suse / linux enterprise
suse / linux enterprise
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html(Mailing List)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36660(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36727(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36800(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36837(Broken Link)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012(Broken Link)
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html(Release Notes)
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36314(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-834-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1900(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522084(Issue Tracking, Patch)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00305.html(Mailing List)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00307.html(Mailing List)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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