Original 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 software
- PostgreSQL ≥ 9.2 < 9.2.11< 9.0.20≥ 9.4 < 9.4.2≥ 9.1 < 9.1.16≥ 9.3 < 9.3.7 Fixed in: 9.2.11, 9.0.20, 9.4.2, 9.1.16 exact match
Details
- Published
- 2019-11-21
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- cve.org/CVE-2015-3166
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3166
- www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/
- www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html
- www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html
- www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html
- www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html
- www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1
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