Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in pg Module with Specially Crafted Column Names

CVE-2017-16082 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted column name. There are 2 likely scenarios in which one would likely be vulnerable. 1) Executing unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains a malicious column name. 2) Connecting to an untrusted database and executing a query which returns results where any of the column names are malicious.

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