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CVE-2016-0773 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-0773

CVE-2016-0773

HIGH7.5

PostgreSQL before 9

Published Feb 17, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or buffer overflow and crash) via a large Unicode character range in a regular expression.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177820.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177878.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1060.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83184

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035005

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2894-1

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10152

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0773

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedFeb 17, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024