CVE-2016-5424
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
02 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 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-12-09 23:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dbdb63ac573c29e3163f60e76f0eb2d88c8d52f5514fc87604eb0f83fd495d0f
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1781http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
- www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html
- www.securitytracker.com1036617http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1821http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3646http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-33https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2425https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
- www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
- www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html
- www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/
- www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html
- www.securityfocus.com92435http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2606http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1820http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
- www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- postgresql-9.1 Fixed in 9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04
- postgresql-9.3 Fixed in 9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- postgresql-9.5 Fixed in 9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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