CVE-2016-5424

Published Dec 9, 2016

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.1
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.6
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-94

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations