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CVE-2016-0773

Public on 2016-02-17
Modified on 2016-04-21
Description

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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql8 2016-04-21 16:00 ALAS-2016-689
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql92 2016-03-10 16:30 ALAS-2016-662
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql93 2016-03-10 16:30 ALAS-2016-662
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql94 2016-03-10 16:30 ALAS-2016-662

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H