CVE-2016-0766
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · CWE-264
8.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476Advisory