UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0766

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0766

    Published: 11 Feb 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0766
    Aliases:
    USN-2894-1

    Summary:

    Details: PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 does not properly restrict access to unspecified custom configuration settings (GUCS) for PL/Java, which allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0766, http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2894-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0766

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: postgresql-9.1

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.1.20-0ubuntu0.14.04

    Affected versions

    9.1.10-1
    9.1.10-1bzr1
    9.1.11-1
    9.1.11-2
    9.1.12-1
    9.1.13-1
    9.1.14-0ubuntu0.14.04
    9.1.15-0ubuntu0.14.04
    9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04
    9.1.17-0ubuntu0.14.04
    9.1.18-0ubuntu0.14.04
    9.1.19-0ubuntu0.14.04

    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
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