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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql | postgresql | {"endIncluding":"9.1.22"} | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.6 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.7 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.8 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.9 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.10 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.11 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.12 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.13 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.14 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.15 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.16 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.17 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.6 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.7 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.8 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.9 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.10 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.11 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.12 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.3.13 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.6 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.7 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.8 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.5.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.5.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.5.3 | |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5424.html
CWEs
CWE-94
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.