9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2016-8640
Oracle of Alexandria PostgreSQL SQL Injection Vulnerability
Description

A SQL injection vulnerability in pycsw all versions before 2.0.2, 1.10.5 and 1.8.6 that leads to read and extract of any data from any table in the pycsw database that the database user has access to. Also on PostgreSQL (at least) it is possible to perform updates/inserts/deletes and database modifications to any table the database user has access to.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 1, 2018, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-8640 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pycsw pycsw
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-8640.

URL Resource
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/files Patch Third Party Advisory
https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patch Patch Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/files Patch Third Party Advisory
https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patch Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-8640 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-89
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patch No Types Assigned https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patch Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/files No Types Assigned https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/files Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-89
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pycsw:pycsw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.8.6 *cpe:2.3:a:pycsw:pycsw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.10.0 up to (excluding) 1.10.5 *cpe:2.3:a:pycsw:pycsw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.19 }} -0.05%

score

0.55627

percentile

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