ubuntu-cve-2016-0773
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-02-11 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
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        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.1",
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          }
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      },
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            },
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            }
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        }
      ],
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        "9.1.10-1bzr1",
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        "9.1.11-2",
        "9.1.12-1",
        "9.1.13-1",
        "9.1.14-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.1.15-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.1.17-0ubuntu0.14.04",
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        "9.1.19-0ubuntu0.14.04"
      ]
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          },
          {
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          },
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          },
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          },
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        "9.3.2-1",
        "9.3.2-1ubuntu1",
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        "9.3.3-1",
        "9.3.3-1bzr1",
        "9.3.3-1bzr2",
        "9.3.4-1",
        "9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
        "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.8-0ubuntu0.4.04",
        "9.3.9-0ubuntu0.14.04",
        "9.3.10-0ubuntu0.14.04"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0773",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:53Z",
  "published": "2016-02-11T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0773"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2894-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0773"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-0773"
  ]
}



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