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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-592-1 postgresql-9.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3646-1 postgresql-9.4 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6368 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3066-1 PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:59.955Z

Reserved: 2016-06-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5423

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-09T23:59:00.160

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5423

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5423 - Bugzilla

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