vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-2894-1 (CVE-2016-0773): PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 11, 2016
Added
Feb 17, 2016
Modified
Apr 14, 2025

Description

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-0773)

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain configuration
settings (GUCS) for users of PL/Java. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2016-0766)

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-9-1ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-9-3ubuntu-upgrade-postgresql-9-4
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