CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-3166
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-11-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• postgresql postgresql (< 9.0.20)
• postgresql postgresql (>= 9.1 < 9.1.16)
• postgresql postgresql (>= 9.2 < 9.2.11)
• postgresql postgresql (>= 9.3 < 9.3.7)
• postgresql postgresql (>= 9.4 < 9.4.2)
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory