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CVE-2016-5424

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 might allow remote authentic…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.6%
percentile 92%
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 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) " (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.61% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.04.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
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
  • 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
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92435 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, 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

Sources

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