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CVE-2018-16850

Published: 8 November 2018

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
only affects 10.x and 11.x per upstream security page

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
postgresql-10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (10.6)
trusty Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

bionic
Released (10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
cosmic
Released (10.6-0ubuntu0.18.10.1)
postgresql-9.5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

xenial Not vulnerable

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

postgresql-9.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

xenial Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

postgresql-9.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
xenial Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H