CVE-2016-0773
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql | postgresql | {"endIncluding":"9.1.19"} | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.6 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.7 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.8 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.9 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.10 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.11 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.12 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.13 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.2.14 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.1 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.2 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.3 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.4 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.4.5 | |
| postgresql | postgresql | 9.5 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177820.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177878.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1060.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83184
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035005
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2894-1
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10152
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.