Red Hat Satellite 5 update for postgresql92-postgresql

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU32339

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0773

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Satellite: 5.7

postgresql92-postgresql (Red Hat package): before 9.2.15-2.el6

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_satellite:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:postgresql92-postgresql_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1060

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.