CVE-2018-16850 (GCVE-0-2018-16850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-13 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:32
VLAI
Summary
postgresql before versions 11.1, 10.6 is vulnerable to a to SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING. Using a purpose-crafted trigger definition, an attacker can cause arbitrary SQL statements to run, with superuser privileges.
Severity
8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The PostgreSQL Project postgresql Affected: 11.1
Affected: 10.6
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Date Public
2018-11-08 00:00
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