CVE-2015-3166

Publication date 22 May 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
postgresql-8.4	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
postgresql-9.1	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 9.1.16-0ubuntu0.12.04
postgresql-9.3	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
postgresql-9.4	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Fixed 9.4.2-1
	15.04 vivid	Fixed 9.4.2-0ubuntu0.15.04
	14.10 utopic	Fixed 9.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)