Explain CVE-2016-0773
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'SUSE-SU-2016:0555', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SU-2016:0677', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SU-2016:0539', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10152'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html'}, {'name': 'GLSA-201701-33', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/'}, {'name': '1035005', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035005'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2016-b0c2412ab2', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177878.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2016-e0a6c9ebc4', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177820.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2016:1060', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1060.html'}, {'name': '83184', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83184'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2016:0578', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html'}, {'name': 'USN-2894-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2894-1'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2016:0531', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-3476', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476'}, {'name': 'DSA-3475', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED