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 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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html ↗
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425 ↗
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html ↗
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html ↗
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ ↗
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html ↗
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html ↗