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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-0766: postgresql Security issues

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-0766: postgresql Security issues

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 does not properly restrict access to unspecified custom configuration settings (GUCS) for PL/Java, which allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql

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