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PostgreSQL: CVE-2016-2193: Plan cache might use wrong role context for RLS policy

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PostgreSQL: CVE-2016-2193: Plan cache might use wrong role context for RLS policy

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/01/2016
Modified
07/02/2019

Description

PostgreSQL before 9.5.x before 9.5.2 does not properly maintain row-security status in cached plans, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a session that performs queries as more than one role.

Solution(s)

  • postgres-upgrade-9_5_2

References

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