CVE-2018-16850 — SQL Injection in Postgresql

CWE-89 — SQL Injection9 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
PostgresqlTHE Postgresql Project PostgresqlCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 13
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDpostgresql/postgresql10.0 — 10.6+1
▶Alpinepostgresql/postgresql< 11.1-r0+5
▶CVEListV5the_postgresql_project/postgresql10.6, 11.1+1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 18.10, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h6p9-49w4-8mm8: postgresql before versions 11↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-16850: postgresql before versions 11↗2018-11-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
PostgreSQL vulnerability↗2018-11-14
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Red Hat
postgresql: SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump, via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING↗2018-11-08
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16850 mingw-postgresql: postgresql: SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump, via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING [fedora-all]↗2018-11-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16850 mingw-postgresql: postgresql: SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump, via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING [epel-7]↗2018-11-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16850 postgresql: SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump, via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING [fedora-all]↗2018-11-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16850 postgresql: SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump, via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING↗2018-11-05
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