CVE-2016-0773

HIGH

PostgreSQL DoS via Large Unicode Character Range in Regular Expression

Title source: llm

Description

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 (23)

Core 23

Core References

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

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

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

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

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

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

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

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

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

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

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

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

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

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

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

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

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

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

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

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

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

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

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.1087

EPSS Percentile 93.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (28)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10

debian/debian_linux 7.0

debian/debian_linux 8.0

postgresql/postgresql 9.2

postgresql/postgresql 9.2.1

postgresql/postgresql 9.2.2

postgresql/postgresql 9.2.3

postgresql/postgresql 9.2.4

... and 18 more

Published Feb 17, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026