Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in json parsing in PostgreSQL before 9.3.x before 9.3.10 and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via unspecified vectors, which are not properly handled in (1) json or (2) jsonb values.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5289
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
• http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=08fa47c4850cea32c3116665975bca219fbf2fe6
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00033.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3374
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1615/
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-10.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-5.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77048
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033775
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2772-1