Description
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.
References (16)
Core 16
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001
Scores
CVSS v3
8.3
EPSS
0.0340
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (47)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
postgresql/postgresql
9.2
postgresql/postgresql
9.2.1
postgresql/postgresql
9.2.2
postgresql/postgresql
9.2.3
postgresql/postgresql
9.2.4
postgresql/postgresql
9.2.5
postgresql/postgresql
9.2.6
postgresql/postgresql
9.2.7
postgresql/postgresql
9.2.8
... and 37 more
Published
Dec 09, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026