UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16850

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16850

    Published: 8 Nov 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16850
    Aliases:
    USN-3818-1

    Summary:

    Details: postgresql before versions 11.1, 10.6 is vulnerable to a to SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING. Using a purpose-crafted trigger definition, an attacker can cause arbitrary SQL statements to run, with superuser privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16850, https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3818-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16850

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: postgresql-10

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

    Affected versions

    10.1-1

    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