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RHSA-2016:2606

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2016-11-03 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 10:57

Summary

security update for postgresql

Severity

Moderate

Notes

Title of the patch: security update for postgresql

Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2016:2606. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2606.

Patchnames: RHSA-2016:2606

CVE-2016-5423

8.3 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Recommended 14 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-0:9.2.18-1.el7.i686	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-contrib-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-devel-0:9.2.18-1.el7.i686	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-devel-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-docs-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-libs-0:9.2.18-1.el7.i686	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-libs-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-plperl-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-plpython-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-pltcl-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-server-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-test-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:postgresql-upgrade-0:9.2.18-1.el7.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact moderate

CVE-2016-5424

7.1 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Recommended 14 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-5423

Threats

Impact moderate

References

14 references

URL	Category
https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/	external
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/r…	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5423/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5424/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5423	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041981	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042497	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052683	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/993454	external
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5424	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1041981	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042497	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052683	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/993453	external

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CVE-2016-5423 (GCVE-0-2016-5423)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-09 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:00

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

16 references

URL	Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/re…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/re…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/re…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-08-11 00:00

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CVE-2016-5424 (GCVE-0-2016-5424)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-09 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:00

Summary

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 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) " (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

15 references

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/re…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/re…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-08-11 00:00

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