SQL Injection Affecting postgresql15 package, versions <11.1-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-POSTGRESQL15-3141229
- published 2 Dec 2018
- disclosed 13 Nov 2018
Introduced: 13 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-16850 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.17 postgresql15 to version 11.1-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql15 package and not the postgresql15 package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.17 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16850
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16850
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16850
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/
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