SQL Injection Affecting postgresql-11 package, versions <11.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-POSTGRESQL11-260238
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed13 Nov 2018

Introduced: 13 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16850  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-89  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 postgresql-11 to version 11.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-11 package and not the postgresql-11 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 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.

CVSS Scores

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