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 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) " (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-12-09T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:59.909Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-5424

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-09T23:59:02.050

Modified: 2018-01-05T02:31:01.527

Link: CVE-2016-5424

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2016-5424 - Bugzilla