SB2016021106 - Fedora 23 update for postgresql
Published: February 11, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016021106
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0773)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.