CVE-2016-5423

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 8.3
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5423
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-09T23:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T02:31:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.1.22
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.3
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.5
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 Third Party Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5423
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5423
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:52:12 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:17:51 2016-12-09T23:59Z 2016-12-09T23:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:17:51 2018-01-05T02:31:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:17:51 Modified Vulnerability Status updated