vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-5424: Security patch for postgresql92, postgresql93, postgresql94 (ALAS-2016-747)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 15, 2016 | Sep 16, 2016 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 15, 2016
Added
Sep 16, 2016
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
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.
Solutions
amazon-linux-upgrade--postgresql93amazon-linux-upgrade--postgresql94amazon-linux-upgrade-postgresql92
References
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