CVE-2016-2193 (GCVE-0-2016-2193)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-11 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24
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Summary
PostgreSQL before 9.5.x before 9.5.2 does not properly maintain row-security status in cached plans, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a session that performs queries as more than one role.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2016-03-31 00:00
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