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CVE-2016-0773 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177820.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177878.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1060.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83184 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035005 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2894-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10152 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-0773
NVD Published Date:
02/17/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.