CVE-2016-0773
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.
Find out more about CVE-2016-0773 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:1060 | 2016-05-12 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:0348 | 2016-03-02 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:0349 | 2016-03-02 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:0349 | 2016-03-02 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-postgresql94-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:0348 | 2016-03-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (postgresql) | RHSA-2016:0346 | 2016-03-02 |
| Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (postgresql92-postgresql) | RHSA-2016:1060 | 2016-05-12 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (postgresql) | RHSA-2016:0347 | 2016-03-02 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-postgresql95-postgresql | Affected |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 | postgresql92 | Affected |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 | postgresql | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | tcl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | tcl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql84 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | postgresql | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tcl | Not affected |