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8.3high

CVE-2016-5423

PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 allow remote authenticated u…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.0%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known

PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash), obtain sensitive memory information, or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a CASE expression within the test value subexpression of another CASE or (2) inlining of an SQL function that implements the equality operator used for a CASE expression involving values of different types.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.96% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds
PostgreSQL (RSS, critical only)

References

  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • postgresql.org /docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036617 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3646 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92433 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-33 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:2425 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • postgresql.org /docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • postgresql.org /docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • postgresql.org /about/news/1688/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • postgresql.org /docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • postgresql.org /docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1364001 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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