Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting rh-postgresql94-postgresql-devel package, versions <0:9.4.6-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
20.55% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHPOSTGRESQL94POSTGRESQLDEVEL-4719704
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Feb 2016

Introduced: 11 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0773  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rh-postgresql94-postgresql-devel to version 0:9.4.6-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0348.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-postgresql94-postgresql-devel package and not the rh-postgresql94-postgresql-devel 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.

CVSS Scores

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