CVE-2012-0867: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 6.0 only
• Opensuse Project Opensuse: version 12.2 only
• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: version 8.4 only; version 8.4.1 only; version 8.4.2 only; version 8.4.3 only; version 8.4.4 only; version 8.4.5 only; …
• Red Hat Desktop Workstation: version 5 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 5.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 5.0 only; version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 6.2 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 6.2.z only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only

Published 2012-07-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.