CVE-2014-8161 Information disclosure in PostgreSQL

What is CVE-2014-8161?

CVE-2014-8161 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before 9.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive column values by triggering constraint violation and then reading the error message.

Weakness: CWE-209

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8161?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8161?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-8161 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8161 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-qxj3-8772-4f6w, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8161.