7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-0773
PostgreSQL Regular Expression Denial of Service (DoS)
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 17, 2016, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 9, 2017, 2:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-0773 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Postgresql postgresql
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-0773.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177820.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177878.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1060.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83184
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035005
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2894-1
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10152
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-0773 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 09, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177878.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177820.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035005 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10152 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1060.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83184 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 10, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/ No Types Assigned http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/ Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

21.12 }} 2.95%

score

0.95699

percentile

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