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CVE-2016-5424

Published: 11 August 2016

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
postgresql-8.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

postgresql-9.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (9.1.23-0ubuntu0.12.04)
trusty
Released (9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04)
upstream
Released (9.1.23)
xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

postgresql-9.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04)
upstream
Released (9.3.14)
xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

postgresql-9.5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (9.5.4)
xenial
Released (9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(9.5.4-1)
zesty Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=fcd15f13581f6d75c63d213220d5a94889206c1b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H