CVE-2016-0773

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductPostgresql
PublishedFeb 17, 2016
First seenFeb 17, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
postgresql postgresqlv ≤ 9.1.19, 9.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.2.4, 9.2.5, 9.2.6, 9.2.7, 9.2.8, 9.2.9, 9.2.10, 9.2.11, 9.2.12, 9.2.13, 9.2.14, 9.4, 9.4.1, 9.4.2, 9.4.3, 9.4.4, 9.4.5, 9.5—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0—

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