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CVE-2015-3166 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/ CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
postgresql postgresql
< 9.0.20
>= 9.1, < 9.1.16
>= 9.2, < 9.2.11
>= 9.3, < 9.3.7
>= 9.4, < 9.4.2

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
12.04
14.04
14.10
15.04

CPE

  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-3166
NVD Published Date:
Nov 20, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-3166 Details - Not Deferred