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ubuntu-cve-2017-16082

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2018-06-07 02:29

Modified

2025-10-24 04:46

Summary

Details

A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted column name. There are 2 likely scenarios in which one would likely be vulnerable. 1) Executing unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains a malicious column name. 2) Connecting to an untrusted database and executing a query which returns results where any of the column names are malicious.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16082	REPORT
	https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/521	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16082	REPORT

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CVE-2017-16082 (GCVE-0-2017-16082)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-07 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:49

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-94 - Code Injection (CWE-94)

Assigner

hackerone

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://node-postgres.com/announcements#2017-08-1…	x_refsource_MISC
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/521	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
HackerOne	pg node module	Affected: < 2.11.2 \|\| >= 3.0.0 < 3.6.4 \|\| >= 4.0.0 < 4.5.7 \|\| >= 5.0.0 < 5.2.1 \|\| >= 6.0.0 < 6.0.5 \|\| >= 6.1.0 < 6.1.6 \|\| >= 6.2.0 < 6.2.5 \|\| >= 6.3.0 < 6.3.3 \|\| >= 6.4.0 < 6.4.2 \|\| >= 7.0.0 < 7.0.2 \|\| >= 7.1.0 < 7.1.2

Date Public

2018-04-26 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-16082 (GCVE-0-2017-16082)

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