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 severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql8 2016-04-21 ALAS-2016-689 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql92 2016-03-10 ALAS-2016-662 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql93 2016-03-10 ALAS-2016-662 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 postgresql94 2016-03-10 ALAS-2016-662 Fixed

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