CVE-2018-16850

Name
CVE-2018-16850
Description
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.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Release Notes https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923
Mitigation https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 10.0 < 10.6
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 11.0 < 11.1
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 9.3.0 < 9.3.25
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 9.5.0 < 9.5.15
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 9.4.0 < 9.4.20
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* postgresql >= 9.6.0 < 9.6.11

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
postgresql15 edge-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 edge-community 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 3.20-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 3.19-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 3.18-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql15 3.17-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 edge-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 edge-community 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 3.20-community 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 3.19-community 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 3.18-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql14 3.17-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql edge-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql edge-main 10.5-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 10.4-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 10.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 10.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 10.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 9.6.4-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql edge-main 9.6.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
postgresql 3.12-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql 3.11-main 11.1-r0 None fixed
postgresql 3.10-main 11.1-r0 None fixed