PT-2015-6085 · Postgresql+4 · Postgresql+4

Noah Misch · Published 2015-05-22 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-3166

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PostgreSQL versions prior to 9.0.20 PostgreSQL versions 9.1.x prior to 9.1.16 PostgreSQL versions 9.2.x prior to 9.2.11 PostgreSQL versions 9.3.x prior to 9.3.7 PostgreSQL versions 9.4.x prior to 9.4.2

Description The issue is related to the snprintf implementation, which does not properly handle system-call errors. This can allow attackers to obtain sensitive information or have other unspecified impact via unknown vectors, such as an out-of-memory error.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0.20, update to version 9.0.20 or later. For versions 9.1.x prior to 9.1.16, update to version 9.1.16 or later. For versions 9.2.x prior to 9.2.11, update to version 9.2.11 or later. For versions 9.3.x prior to 9.3.7, update to version 9.3.7 or later. For versions 9.4.x prior to 9.4.2, update to version 9.4.2 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CESA-2015_1194

CVE-2015-3166

DLA-227-1

DSA-3269-1

DSA-3269-2

DSA-3270-1

MGASA-2015-0250

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1

RHSA-2015:1194

RHSA-2015:1195

RHSA-2015:1196

RHSA-2015_1194

SUSE-SU-2015:1264-1

USN-2621-1

Affected Products

Centos

Postgresql

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 107

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0250 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3166 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0250.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3269-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3167 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2621-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3166 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3269-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3270-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1194.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3167 · Vendor Advisory
• http://postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:1264-1 · Vendor Advisory