CVE-2016-5424

Publication date 11 August 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
postgresql-8.4	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
postgresql-9.1	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 9.1.23-0ubuntu0.12.04
postgresql-9.3	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
postgresql-9.5	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
postgresql-9.5	Upstream: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=fcd15f13581f6d75c63d213220d5a94889206c1b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.1 · High
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3066-1
PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
18 August 2016