CVE-2016-0766

Severity

90%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2016-02-17 15:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-01 01:29:00

Affected Software

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL 9.2

9.2

PostgreSQL 9.2.1

9.2.1

PostgreSQL 9.2.2

9.2.2

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.3

9.2.3

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.4

9.2.4

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.5

9.2.5

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.6

9.2.6

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.7

9.2.7

PostgreSQL 9.2.8

9.2.8

PostgreSQL 9.2.9

9.2.9

PostgreSQL 9.2.10

9.2.10

PostgreSQL 9.2.11

9.2.11

PostgreSQL 9.2.12

9.2.12

PostgreSQL 9.2.13

9.2.13

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.2.14

9.2.14

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.4

9.4

PostgreSQL 9.4.1

9.4.1

PostgreSQL 9.4.2

9.4.2

PostgreSQL 9.4.3

9.4.3

PostgreSQL 9.4.4

9.4.4

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.4.5

9.4.5

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 9.5

9.5

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

Debian Linux 7.0

7.0

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

References

openSUSE-SU-2016:0531

SUSE-SU-2016:0539

SUSE-SU-2016:0555

openSUSE-SU-2016:0578

SUSE-SU-2016:0677

DSA-3475

DSA-3476

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html

83184

1035005

USN-2894-1

GLSA-201701-33

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