{"id":"USN-3066-1","summary":"postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.5 vulnerabilities","details":"Heikki Linnakangas discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain\nnested CASE/WHEN expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-5423)\n\nNathan Bossart discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled special\ncharacters in database and role names. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2016-5424)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:27:27.352867Z","published":"2016-08-18T18:43:36Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5423","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5424"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-5423","CVE-2016-5424","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5423","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5424"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3066-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5423"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5424"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"postgresql-9.3","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.3@9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"}]}],"versions":["9.3.1-1","9.3.2-1","9.3.2-1ubuntu1","9.3.2-1ubuntu2","9.3.3-1","9.3.3-1bzr1","9.3.3-1bzr2","9.3.4-1","9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04","9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04","9.3.8-0ubuntu0.4.04","9.3.9-0ubuntu0.14.04","9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04","9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04","9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04","9.3.13-0ubuntu0.14.04"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04","binary_name":"libecpg-compat3"},{"binary_name":"libecpg6","binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"},{"binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04","binary_name":"libpgtypes3"},{"binary_name":"libpq5","binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-9.3","binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-client-9.3","binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"},{"binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04","binary_name":"postgresql-contrib-9.3"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-doc-9.3","binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-plperl-9.3","binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"},{"binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04","binary_name":"postgresql-plpython-9.3"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-plpython3-9.3","binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-pltcl-9.3","binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-server-dev-9.3","binary_version":"9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5423","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-5424","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3066-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"postgresql-9.5","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.5@9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"}]}],"versions":["9.5.0-1","9.5.0-2","9.5.0-3","9.5.1-1","9.5.2-1","9.5.3-0ubuntu0.16.04"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libecpg-compat3","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"libecpg6","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"libpgtypes3","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"libpq5","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04","binary_name":"postgresql-9.5"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-client-9.5","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-contrib-9.5","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-doc-9.5","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-plperl-9.5","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-plpython-9.5","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-plpython3-9.5","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-pltcl-9.5","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"},{"binary_name":"postgresql-server-dev-9.5","binary_version":"9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5423","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-5424","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3066-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}