CVE-2016-5424

N/A
Published: December 9, 2016 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxPostgreSQL

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

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.

Affected

References (15)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94

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