vulnerability
Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-5424: postgresql security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 9, 2016 | Nov 30, 2017 | Apr 1, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 9, 2016
Added
Nov 30, 2017
Modified
Apr 1, 2026
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
huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresqlhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresql-contribhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresql-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresql-docshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresql-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresql-plperlhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresql-plpythonhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresql-pltclhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresql-serverhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-postgresql-test
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