RHSA-2016:0349 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated postgresql92-postgresql packages that fix one security issue are
now available for Red Hat Software Collections.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.

Description

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
(DBMS).

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was
found in the PostgreSQL handling code for regular expressions. A remote
attacker could use a specially crafted regular expression to cause
PostgreSQL to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0773)

Red Hat would like to thank PostgreSQL upstream for reporting this issue.
Upstream acknowledges Tom Lane and Greg Stark as the original reporters.

This update upgrades PostgreSQL to version 9.2.15. Refer to the Release
Notes linked to in the References section for a detailed list of changes
since the previous version.

All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which correct this issue. If the postgresql92-postgresql service is
running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1303832 - CVE-2016-0773 postgresql: case insensitive range handling integer overflow leading to buffer overflow

CVEs

• CVE-2016-0773

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html