SB2016101860 - SQL injection in PostgreSQL
Published: October 18, 2016 Updated: June 23, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101860
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2002-0802)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The multibyte support in PostgreSQL 6.5.x with SQL_ASCII encoding consumes an extra character when processing a character that cannot be converted, which could remove an escape character from the query and make the application subject to SQL injection attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.