| Name | CVE-2016-0766 |
| Description | PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 does not properly restrict access to unspecified custom configuration settings (GUCS) for PL/Java, which allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3475-1, DSA-3476-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql-9.1 (PTS) | wheezy | 9.1.21-0+deb7u1 | fixed |
| wheezy (security) | 9.1.24lts2-0+deb7u1 | fixed | |
| jessie | 9.1.22-0+deb8u1 | fixed | |
| jessie (security) | 9.1.16-0+deb8u1 | fixed | |
| postgresql-9.4 (PTS) | jessie | 9.4.12-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 9.4.13-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql-9.1 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | high | ||
| postgresql-9.1 | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| postgresql-9.1 | source | wheezy | 9.1.20-0+deb7u1 | high | DSA-3475-1 | |
| postgresql-9.4 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | high | ||
| postgresql-9.4 | source | jessie | 9.4.6-0+deb8u1 | high | DSA-3476-1 | |
| postgresql-9.5 | source | (unstable) | 9.5.1 | high |
[jessie] - postgresql-9.1 <not-affected> (postgresql-9.1 in jessie only provides PL/Perl)