Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-5423

Disclosure Date: December 09, 2016 •
CVE-2016-5423 CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.3
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Description

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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
8.3 High
Impact Score:
5.5
Exploitability Score:
2.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
n/a
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • debian,
  • postgresql

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • postgresql,
  • postgresql 9.2,
  • postgresql 9.2.1,
  • postgresql 9.2.10,
  • postgresql 9.2.11,
  • postgresql 9.2.12,
  • postgresql 9.2.13,
  • postgresql 9.2.14,
  • postgresql 9.2.15,
  • postgresql 9.2.16,
  • postgresql 9.2.17,
  • postgresql 9.2.2,
  • postgresql 9.2.3,
  • postgresql 9.2.4,
  • postgresql 9.2.5,
  • postgresql 9.2.6,
  • postgresql 9.2.7,
  • postgresql 9.2.8,
  • postgresql 9.2.9,
  • postgresql 9.3,
  • postgresql 9.3.1,
  • postgresql 9.3.10,
  • postgresql 9.3.11,
  • postgresql 9.3.12,
  • postgresql 9.3.13,
  • postgresql 9.3.2,
  • postgresql 9.3.3,
  • postgresql 9.3.4,
  • postgresql 9.3.5,
  • postgresql 9.3.6,
  • postgresql 9.3.7,
  • postgresql 9.3.8,
  • postgresql 9.3.9,
  • postgresql 9.4,
  • postgresql 9.4.1,
  • postgresql 9.4.2,
  • postgresql 9.4.3,
  • postgresql 9.4.4,
  • postgresql 9.4.5,
  • postgresql 9.4.6,
  • postgresql 9.4.7,
  • postgresql 9.4.8,
  • postgresql 9.5,
  • postgresql 9.5.1,
  • postgresql 9.5.2,
  • postgresql 9.5.3
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