CVE-2016-5423
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.
Find out more about CVE-2016-5423 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:1781 | 2016-08-31 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:1820 | 2016-09-07 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:1821 | 2016-09-07 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:1821 | 2016-09-07 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:1820 | 2016-09-07 |
| Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:2425 | 2017-08-07 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:1781 | 2016-08-31 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (postgresql) | RHSA-2016:2606 | 2016-11-03 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (rh-postgresql95-postgresql) | RHSA-2017:2425 | 2017-08-07 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 | postgresql92-postgresql | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | postgresql | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql84 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql | Will not fix |