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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-16850: SQL Injection

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-16850: SQL Injection

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/13/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

postgresql before versions 11.1, 10.6 is vulnerable to a to SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING. Using a purpose-crafted trigger definition, an attacker can cause arbitrary SQL statements to run, with superuser privileges.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql14
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql15

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