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Ubuntu: USN-3818-1 (CVE-2018-16850): PostgreSQL vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3818-1 (CVE-2018-16850): PostgreSQL vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/08/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/16/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-10

References

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