MGASA-2016-0289

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0289.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0289.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2016-0289
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Published
2016-08-31T15:32:33Z
Modified
2016-08-31T15:21:09Z
Summary
Updated postgresql packages fix security vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that certain SQL statements containing CASE/WHEN commands could crash the PostgreSQL server, or disclose a few bytes of server memory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-5423).

It was found that PostgreSQL client programs mishandle database and role names containing newlines, carriage returns, double quotes, or backslashes. By crafting such an object name, roles with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE option could escalate their privileges to root when a root user next executes maintenance with a vulnerable program. Vulnerable programs include pgdumpall, pgupgrade, vacuumdb, reindexdb, and clusterdb (CVE-2016-5424).

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Affected packages

Mageia:5 / postgresql9.3

Package

Name
postgresql9.3
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/postgresql9.3?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.3.14-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Mageia:5 / postgresql9.4

Package

Name
postgresql9.4
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/postgresql9.4?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.4.9-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}