CVE-2016-0766 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2016-0766?

CVE-2016-0766 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Feb 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0766?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0766?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-0766 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0766 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-cr7c-24h8-pv37, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0766.