CVE-2012-0867
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0892)
- Published
- July 18, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0892 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- opensuse project / opensuse
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql
- redhat / desktop workstation
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux hpc node
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server eus
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
Certified products that may be affected
7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1385 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSwan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1386 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1387 - historical
See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00060.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0678.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49273
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2418(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:026(Broken Link)
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-11.html(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-7.html(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-3.html(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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