PostgreSQL 8.3
Read the English manualEnd of life · Recorded build 8.3.23 · 2013-02-07
This major branch is no longer supported. These records describe its history; the absence of newer security records does not establish that it is safe to run.
- First stable release
- 2008-02-04
- Support end
- 2013-02-07
- Indexed releases
- 0
- Original release-note entries
- 0
Manuals & provenance
PostgreSQL 8.3 English manual · 974 loaded pages.
Manual loaded 2026-09-27T00:10:47.078613.
Release entries: 2026-09-26. Security evidence: 2026-09-26. PDF links use the verified English manifest and locally available files. Lifecycle: PostgreSQL versioning policy.
Upgrade considerations
Major upgrades need a migration method such as dump/reload or pg_upgrade. Read the intervening major-release notes and the target manual. Minor updates can also require extra steps; review the specific release's migration notes. Official upgrade policy.
Structured release-note entries are not available for this branch. Consult its original manual.
Release history
Every indexed release keeps its original occurrences. CVE counts below are mentions in its notes, including follow-up corrections; they do not count newly fixed vulnerabilities.
No complete release entries are indexed for this branch. This does not mean it had no changes.
Security evidence
18 records from the official security matrix and release-note mentions. A fixed version is shown only when the security snapshot explicitly names this branch. A mention alone does not establish applicability or a new fix.
CVE-2013-0255 · executing enum_recv() with wrong parameters crashes server
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.23.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2012-3489 · xml_parse() DTD validation can be used to read arbitrary files
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.20.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2012-3488 · contrib/xml2's xslt_process() can be used to read and write arbitrary files
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.20.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2012-2655 · SECURITY DEFINER and SET attributes on procedural call handlers are not ignored and can be used to crash the server
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.19.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2012-2143 · Passwords containing the byte 0x80 passed to the crypt() function in pgcrypto are incorrectly truncated if DES encryption was used
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.19.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2012-0868 · Line breaks in object names can be exploited to execute arbitrary SQL when reloading a pg_dump file.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.18.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2012-0866 · Permissions on a function called by a trigger are not properly checked.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.18.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2010-4015 · An authenticated database user can cause a buffer overrun by calling functions from the intarray optional module with certain parameters.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.14.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2010-3433 · An authenticated database user can manipulate modules and tied variables in some external procedural languages to execute code with enhanced privileges.Details
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.12.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2010-1975 · An unprivileged database user can remove superuser-only settings that were applied to his account with ALTER USER by a superuser, thus bypassing settings that should be enforced.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.11.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2010-1170 · Insecure permissions on the pltcl_modules table could allow an authenticated user to run arbitrary Tcl code on the database server if PL/Tcl is installed and enabled.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.11.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2010-1169 · A vulnerability in Safe.pm and PL/Perl can allow an authenticated user to run arbitrary Perl code on the database server if PL/Perl is installed and enabled.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.11.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2009-4136 · Privilege escalation via changing session state in an index function. This closes a corner case related to vulnerabilities CVE-2009-3230 and CVE-2007-6600 (below).
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.9.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2009-4034 · NULL Bytes in SSL Certificates can be used to falsify client or server authentication. This only affects users who have SSL enabled, perform certificate name validation or client certificate authentication, and where the Certificate Authority (CA) has been tricked into issuing invalid certificates. The use of a CA that can be trusted to always issue valid certificates is recommended to ensure you are not vulnerable to this issue.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.9.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2009-3231 · If PostgreSQL is configured with LDAP authentication, and your LDAP configuration allows anonymous binds, it is possible for a user to authenticate themselves with an empty password.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.8.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2009-3230 · The fix for issue CVE-2007-6600 (below) failed to include protection against misuse of RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.8.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2009-3229 · Authenticated non-superusers can shut down the backend server by re-LOAD-ing libraries in $libdir/plugins, if any libraries are present there.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.8.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
CVE-2009-0922 · It is possible to cause a momentary denial of service when there is a failure to convert a localized error message to the client-specified encoding. A valid login is required to exploit this vulnerability.
Fixed in this branch: 8.3.7.
Official affected-branch entry: 8.3.
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