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    CVE-2016-5423

    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 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash), obtain sensitive memory information, or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a CASE expression within the test value subexpression of another CASE or (2) inlining of an SQL function that implements the equality operator used for a CASE expression involving values of different types.

    Published:Aug 11, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 9, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.03275
    CVSS Score:8.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Postgresql
    Product
    Postgresql
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Network Satellite
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-129 Pointer Manipulation

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    References

    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
    https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
    https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html
    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High