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RHSA-2016:0347: postgresql security update

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Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 17, 2016
Added
Mar 4, 2016
Modified
Oct 30, 2017

Description

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system(DBMS).An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, wasfound in the PostgreSQL handling code for regular expressions. A remoteattacker could use a specially crafted regular expression to causePostgreSQL to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0773)Red Hat would like to thank PostgreSQL upstream for reporting this issue.Upstream acknowledges Tom Lane and Greg Stark as the original reporters.All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. If the postgresqlservice is running, it will be automatically restarted after installingthis update.

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