vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-5423: Moderate: postgresql security and bug fix update (RHSA-2016:2606)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 3, 2016 | Nov 4, 2016 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 3, 2016
Added
Nov 4, 2016
Modified
Jul 9, 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.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-postgresqlredhat-upgrade-postgresql-contribredhat-upgrade-postgresql-debuginforedhat-upgrade-postgresql-develredhat-upgrade-postgresql-docsredhat-upgrade-postgresql-libsredhat-upgrade-postgresql-plperlredhat-upgrade-postgresql-plpythonredhat-upgrade-postgresql-pltclredhat-upgrade-postgresql-serverredhat-upgrade-postgresql-testredhat-upgrade-postgresql-upgrade
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