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CVE-2015-3166

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published11/20/2019

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxdebian:debian_linuxpostgresql:postgresql

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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