CVE-2016-5424 Information
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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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reference
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction Required
LOW
Scope
REQUIRED
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
HIGH
Base Severity
7.1