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CVE-2016-5423

Public on 2016-09-15
Modified on 2016-09-15
Description

A flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL server handled certain SQL statements containing CASE/WHEN commands. A remote, authenticated attacker could use a specially crafted SQL statement to cause PostgreSQL to crash or disclose a few bytes of server memory or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql92 2016-09-15 19:00 ALAS-2016-747
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql93 2016-09-15 19:00 ALAS-2016-747
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql94 2016-09-15 19:00 ALAS-2016-747

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 8.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H