CVE-2018-16850 Information

Description

postgresql before versions 11.1 10.6 is vulnerable to a to SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump via CREATE TRIGGER … REFERENCING. Using a purpose-crafted trigger definition an attacker can cause arbitrary SQL statements to run with superuser privileges.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8