CVE-2016-5423
PostgreSQL SQL Injection and Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 9, 2016, 11:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 5, 2018, 2:31 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.5
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 14, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ Vendor Advisory, Patch Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html No Types Assigned https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-476
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-5423 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-5423
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.03 }} 0.14%
score
0.83484
percentile