CVE-2015-3166

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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.

References

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-11-20

Updated: 2019-11-22

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (17 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
86066Mac OS X : OS X Server < 5.0.3 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
84960Puppet Enterprise 3.x < 3.8.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Logjam)NessusCGI abuses
critical
84896SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : postgresql93 (SUSE-SU-2015:1264-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
84863GLSA-201507-20 : PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
8796PostgreSQL 9.0 < 9.0.20 / 9.1 < 9.1.16 / 9.2 < 9.2.11 / 9.3 < 9.3.7 / 9.4 < 9.4.2 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorDatabase
medium
84592Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql8 (ALAS-2015-556)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
critical
84540Scientific Linux Security Update : postgresql on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150629)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
84466RHEL 6 / 7 : postgresql (RHSA-2015:1194)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
84464Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : postgresql (ELSA-2015-1194)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
84446CentOS 6 / 7 : postgresql (CESA-2015:1194)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
84338SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : postgresql91 (SUSE-SU-2015:1091-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
83905Debian DLA-227-1 : postgresql-8.4 updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
83862Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 / 15.04 : postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities (USN-2621-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
83818PostgreSQL 9.0 < 9.0.20 / 9.1 < 9.1.16 / 9.2 < 9.2.11 / 9.3 < 9.3.7 / 9.4 < 9.4.2 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusDatabases
critical
83799FreeBSD : PostgreSQL -- minor security problems. (fc38cd83-00b3-11e5-8ebd-0026551a22dc)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical
83787Debian DSA-3270-1 : postgresql-9.4 - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
83786Debian DSA-3269-1 : postgresql-9.1 - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical