UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5423

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5423
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5423.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5423
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Published
2016-08-11T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:47Z
Severity
  • 8.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / postgresql-9.1

Package

Name
postgresql-9.1
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.1@9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04

Affected versions

9.*

9.1.10-1
9.1.10-1bzr1
9.1.11-1
9.1.11-2
9.1.12-1
9.1.13-1
9.1.14-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.15-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.17-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.18-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.19-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.20-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.21-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.1.22-0ubuntu0.14.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.1.23-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / postgresql-9.3

Package

Name
postgresql-9.3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.3@9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04

Affected versions

9.*

9.3.1-1
9.3.2-1
9.3.2-1ubuntu1
9.3.2-1ubuntu2
9.3.3-1
9.3.3-1bzr1
9.3.3-1bzr2
9.3.4-1
9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.8-0ubuntu0.4.04
9.3.9-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04
9.3.13-0ubuntu0.14.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "libecpg6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "libpq5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / postgresql-9.5

Package

Name
postgresql-9.5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.5@9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04

Affected versions

9.*

9.5.0-1
9.5.0-2
9.5.0-3
9.5.1-1
9.5.2-1
9.5.3-0ubuntu0.16.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "libecpg6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "libpq5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.5.4-0ubuntu0.16.04",
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.5"
        }
    ]
}