CVE-2016-7048 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7048?

CVE-2016-7048 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 20 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The interactive installer in PostgreSQL before 9.3.15, 9.4.x before 9.4.10, and 9.5.x before 9.5.5 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of HTTP to download software.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7048?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7048?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7048 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2016-7048 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7048 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2007-3279 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2002-1399 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-3065 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 9.1

All Postgresql Postgresql vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w3hc-vwh2-xfjx.