Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting postgresql-docs package, versions <0:9.2.15-1.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    21.12% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-POSTGRESQLDOCS-4663812
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 11 Feb 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 postgresql-docs to version 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0346.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-docs package and not the postgresql-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.

References

CVSS Scores

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Red Hat

6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low