PT-2016-1364 · Postgresql+2 · Postgresql+2

Noah Misch · Published 2016-02-11 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-0766

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PostgreSQL versions prior to 9.1.20 PostgreSQL versions 9.2.x prior to 9.2.15 PostgreSQL versions 9.3.x prior to 9.3.11 PostgreSQL versions 9.4.x prior to 9.4.6 PostgreSQL versions 9.5.x prior to 9.5.1

Description The issue is related to improper access restriction to custom configuration settings (GUCS) for PL/Java in PostgreSQL, allowing attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.1.20, update to version 9.1.20 or later. For versions 9.2.x prior to 9.2.15, update to version 9.2.15 or later. For versions 9.3.x prior to 9.3.11, update to version 9.3.11 or later. For versions 9.4.x prior to 9.4.6, update to version 9.4.6 or later. For versions 9.5.x prior to 9.5.1, update to version 9.5.1 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00663

CVE-2016-0766

DSA-3475-1

DSA-3476-1

MGASA-2016-0085

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0531-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0578-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0539-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0555-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1

USN-2894-1

Affected Products

Postgresql

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 88

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0766 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2894-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0539-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476 · Vendor Advisory
• http://postgresql.org/about/news/1644 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3475-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00663 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0766 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0085 · Vendor Advisory
• http://postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html · Vendor Advisory