CVE - CVE-2016-5424

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-5424	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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BID:92435 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435 CONFIRM:https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ CONFIRM:https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html CONFIRM:https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html CONFIRM:https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html CONFIRM:https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html CONFIRM:https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html DEBIAN:DSA-3646 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-33 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1781 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1820 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1821 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:2606 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html REDHAT:RHSA-2017:2425 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425 SECTRACK:1036617 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160610	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160610)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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