CVE-2016-5424

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.

References

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3