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CVE-2015-3166

Published: 22 May 2015

The snprintf implementation in PostgreSQL before 9.0.20, 9.1.x before 9.1.16, 9.2.x before 9.2.11, 9.3.x before 9.3.7, and 9.4.x before 9.4.2 does not properly handle system-call errors, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or have other unspecified impact via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by an out-of-memory error.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
postgresql-8.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

utopic Does not exist

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

postgresql-9.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (9.1.16-0ubuntu0.12.04)
trusty
Released (9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04)
upstream
Released (9.1.16)
utopic Does not exist

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

postgresql-9.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04)
upstream
Released (9.3.7)
utopic Does not exist

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

postgresql-9.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (9.4.2)
utopic
Released (9.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10)
vivid
Released (9.4.2-0ubuntu0.15.04)
wily
Released (9.4.2-1)
xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H