SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

HIGH 8.3EPSS 5.96%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.0
8.3 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
EPSS
5.96% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
debian/debian linux · postgresql/postgresql
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.