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.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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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 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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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 |