vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-5423: ELSA-2016-2606: postgresql security and bug fix update (MODERATE)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 11, 2016
Added
Nov 9, 2016
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash), obtain sensitive memory information, or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a CASE expression within the test value subexpression of another CASE or (2) inlining of an SQL function that implements the equality operator used for a CASE expression involving values of different types.
A flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL server handled certain SQL statements containing CASE/WHEN commands. A remote, authenticated attacker could use a specially crafted SQL statement to cause PostgreSQL to crash or disclose a few bytes of server memory or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-postgresqloracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-contriboracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-develoracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-docsoracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-libsoracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-plperloracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-plpythonoracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-pltcloracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-serveroracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-testoracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-upgrade
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