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Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-5289: postgresql Security issues

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-5289: postgresql Security issues

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/26/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
09/22/2017

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in json parsing in PostgreSQL before 9.3.x before 9.3.10 and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via unspecified vectors, which are not properly handled in (1) json or (2) jsonb values.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-postgresql

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