CVE-2016-5424

Publication date 11 August 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

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

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Package Patch details
postgresql-9.5

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.1 · 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

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