CVE-2016-5424

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.1
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 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5424
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-09T23:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T02:31:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-94 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.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:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
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.securitytracker.com/id/1036617 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ Patch 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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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-2016-5424
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5424
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:52:12 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:17:54 2016-12-09T23:59Z 2016-12-09T23:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:17:54 2018-01-05T02:31:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:17:54 Modified Vulnerability Status updated