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PostgreSQL class C vulnerability in contrib module: CVE-2016-0766

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PostgreSQL class C vulnerability in contrib module: CVE-2016-0766

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/12/2016
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)

  • postgres-upgrade-9_1_20
  • postgres-upgrade-9_2_15
  • postgres-upgrade-9_3_11
  • postgres-upgrade-9_4_6
  • postgres-upgrade-9_5_1

References

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