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title: "CVE-2012-2655\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2655

Publication date 5 June 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.19, 8.4.x before 8.4.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.8,
and 9.1.x before 9.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial
of service (server crash) by adding the (1) SECURITY DEFINER or (2) SET
attributes to a procedural language's call handler.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| postgresql-8.2 | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| postgresql-8.3 | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 8.3.19-0ubuntu8.04 |
| postgresql-8.4 | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 8.4.17-0ubuntu12.04 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 8.4.12-0ubuntu11.04 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 8.4.12-0ubuntu10.04 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| postgresql-9.1 | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 9.1.4-0ubuntu12.04 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 9.1.4-0ubuntu11.10 |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2655)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2655)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2655)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2655)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1461-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1461-1)
+ PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
+ 5 June 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2655>