CVE-2016-5424
CVE-2016-5424
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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.
CVSS 7.1 · High · EPSS 4.6% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
postgresql-9.1 Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 9.1.10-1
- 9.1.10-1bzr1
- 9.1.11-1
- 9.1.11-2
- 9.1.12-1
- 9.1.13-1
- 9.1.14-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.1.15-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.1.17-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.1.18-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.1.19-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.1.20-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.1.21-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.1.22-0ubuntu0.14.04
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04
Update to 9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04
postgresql-9.3 Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 9.3.1-1
- 9.3.2-1
- 9.3.2-1ubuntu1
- 9.3.2-1ubuntu2
- 9.3.3-1
- 9.3.3-1bzr1
- 9.3.3-1bzr2
- 9.3.4-1
- 9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- 9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.3.8-0ubuntu0.4.04
- 9.3.9-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04
- 9.3.13-0ubuntu0.14.04
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04
Update to 9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04
postgresql-9.5 Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 9.5.0-1
- 9.5.0-2
- 9.5.0-3
- 9.5.1-1
- 9.5.2-1
- 9.5.3-0ubuntu0.16.04
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04
Update to 9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04
Original sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5424