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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-0773: Security patch for postgresql8 ((Multiple Advisories))

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-0773: Security patch for postgresql8 ((Multiple Advisories))

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/20/2016
Modified
10/14/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade--postgresql92
  • amazon-linux-upgrade--postgresql93
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-postgresql8
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-postgresql94

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