UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16082

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16082
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16082.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16082
Upstream
Published
2018-06-07T02:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:34Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted column name. There are 2 likely scenarios in which one would likely be vulnerable. 1) Executing unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains a malicious column name. 2) Connecting to an untrusted database and executing a query which returns results where any of the column names are malicious.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / node-postgres

Package

Name
node-postgres
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-postgres@0.13.3-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.13.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.13.3-1",
            "binary_name": "node-pg"
        }
    ]
}