RedHat: RHSA-2016-0347:01 Important: postgresql security update
Summary
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
(DBMS).
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.
All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. If the postgresql
service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing
this update.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2016-02-11-security-update-release-1644/
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.src.rpm
i386:
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.src.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64:
postgresql-contrib-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.src.rpm
i386:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
ppc64:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc.rpm
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.20-5.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390.rpm
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.20-5.el6_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.src.rpm
i386:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-contrib-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-debuginfo-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-devel-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-docs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
postgresql-libs-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plperl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-plpython-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-pltcl-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-server-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-test-8.4.20-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
Updated postgresql packages that fix one security issue are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1303832 - CVE-2016-0773 postgresql: case insensitive range handling integer overflow leading to buffer overflow