Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-1060-01 - PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system. Security Fix: An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the PostgreSQL handling code for regular expressions. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted regular expression to cause PostgreSQL to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: postgresql92-postgresql security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1060-01
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1060.html
Issue date: 2016-05-12
CVE Names: CVE-2016-0773
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1. Summary:
An update for postgresql92-postgresql is now available for Red Hat
Satellite 5.7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) - s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.7 (RHEL v.6) - s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
(DBMS).
Security Fix(es):
* An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was
found in the PostgreSQL handling code for regular expressions. A remote
attacker could use a specially crafted regular expression to cause
PostgreSQL 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.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
For this update to take effect, Red Hat Satellite must be restarted
("/usr/sbin/rhn-satellite restart"). If the postgresql service is running,
it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1303832 - CVE-2016-0773 postgresql: case insensitive range handling integer overflow leading to buffer overflow
6. Package List:
Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.7 (RHEL v.6):
Source:
postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.15-2.el6.src.rpm
s390x:
postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-contrib-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-libs-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-server-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-contrib-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-libs-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-server-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6):
Source:
postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.15-2.el6.src.rpm
s390x:
postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-contrib-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-libs-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-server-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade-9.2.15-2.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-contrib-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-libs-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-server-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade-9.2.15-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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