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CVE-2016-5424

Exceptional database and role names could enable escalation to superuser

Version Information

Affected Version Fixed In Fix Published
9.5 9.5.4 Aug. 11, 2016
9.4 9.4.9 Aug. 11, 2016
9.3 9.3.14 Aug. 11, 2016
9.2 9.2.18 Aug. 11, 2016
9.1 9.1.23 Aug. 11, 2016

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CVSS 3.0

Overall Score 8.5
Component client
Vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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