High severity8.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-5423
CVE-2016-5423
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
16- www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.htmlnvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33nvd
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