GHSA-H824-5Q6W-Q27X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:56 – Updated: 2025-04-12 13:07
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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 ?
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-5423"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-09T23:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-h824-5q6w-q27x",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:07:01Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:56:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5423"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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