CVE-2015-3166

high-risk

Published 2019-11-20

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.

Do I need to act?

5.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

Postgresql

Debian Linux

Ubuntu Linux

Affected Vendors

Debian Postgresql Canonical

References (18)

Third Party 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

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

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

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

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

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

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