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Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2016-662
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Insight
Insight
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.
Solution
Solution
Run yum update postgresql94 to update your system. Run yum update postgresql93 to update your system. Run yum update postgresql92 to update your system.