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.
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Information
Published : 2016-12-09 15:59
Updated : 2018-01-04 18:31
NVD link : CVE-2016-5424
Mitre link : CVE-2016-5424
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CWE
CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
postgresql
- postgresql