Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-5423
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.
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionExecute codeDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2016-5423
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2016-5423
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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
5432
IPs affected by CVE-2016-5423 125,428
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-5423
0.71%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 80 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2016-5423
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.5
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.0
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6.4
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NIST | |
8.3
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H |
2.8
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5.5
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2016-5423
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The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2016-5423
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
RHSA-2016:1781 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer Portal
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433
PostgreSQL CVE-2016-5423 NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
RHSA-2017:2425 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer Portal
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https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 9.5: Release 9.5.4Release Notes;Vendor Advisory
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https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 9.2: Release 9.2.18Release Notes;Vendor Advisory
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
PostgreSQL Bugs Let Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTrackerThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 9.3: Release 9.3.14Release Notes;Vendor Advisory
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
Third Party Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-33) — Gentoo security
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
RHSA-2016:2606 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer Portal
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https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 9.1: Release 9.1.23Release Notes;Vendor Advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001
1364001 – (CVE-2016-5423) CVE-2016-5423 postgresql: CASE/WHEN with inlining can cause untrusted pointer dereferenceIssue Tracking;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 9.4: Release 9.4.9Release Notes;Vendor Advisory
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https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/
PostgreSQL: 2016-08-11 Security Update ReleasePatch;Vendor Advisory
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
RHSA-2016:1821 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer Portal
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
RHSA-2016:1820 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer Portal
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