SB2016021702 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PostgreSQL
Published: February 17, 2016 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016021702
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0766)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 does not properly restrict access to unspecified custom configuration settings (GUCS) for PL/Java, which allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83184
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035005
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2894-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33