Out-of-Bounds Affecting postgresql92 package, versions <0:9.2.15-1.57.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
20.55% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-POSTGRESQL92-1693951
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed17 Feb 2016

Introduced: 17 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0773  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 postgresql92 to version 0:9.2.15-1.57.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-662.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql92 package and not the postgresql92 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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