UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5424

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5424
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5424.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5424
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Downstream
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Published
2016-08-11T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:47Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / postgresql-9.1

Package

Name
postgresql-9.1
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.1@9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04

Affected versions

9.*

9.1.10-1
9.1.10-1bzr1
9.1.11-1
9.1.11-2
9.1.12-1
9.1.13-1
9.1.14-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.15-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.17-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.18-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.19-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.20-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.21-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.22-0ubuntu0.14.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.1",
            "binary_version": "9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / postgresql-9.3

Package

Name
postgresql-9.3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.3@9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04

Affected versions

9.*

9.3.1-1
9.3.2-1
9.3.2-1ubuntu1
9.3.2-1ubuntu2
9.3.3-1
9.3.3-1bzr1
9.3.3-1bzr2
9.3.4-1
9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.8-0ubuntu0.4.04
9.3.9-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.13-0ubuntu0.14.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / postgresql-9.5

Package

Name
postgresql-9.5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.5@9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04

Affected versions

9.*

9.5.0-1
9.5.0-2
9.5.0-3
9.5.1-1
9.5.2-1
9.5.3-0ubuntu0.16.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.5",
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"
        }
    ]
}