UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16850

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16850
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16850.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16850
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Published
2018-11-08T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:01Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 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

postgresql before versions 11.1, 10.6 is vulnerable to a to SQL injection in pgupgrade and pgdump via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING. Using a purpose-crafted trigger definition, an attacker can cause arbitrary SQL statements to run, with superuser privileges.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / postgresql-10

Package

Name
postgresql-10
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-10@10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

10.*

10.1-1
10.1-2
10.2-1
10.3-1
10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04
10.5-0ubuntu0.18.04

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libecpg6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libpq5"
        },
        {
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            "binary_name": "postgresql-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-10"
        },
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            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-10"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}