UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0241

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0241

    Published: 6 Feb 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0241
    Aliases:
    USN-2499-1

    Summary:

    Details: The to_char function in PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before 9.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) large number of digits when processing a numeric formatting template, which triggers a buffer over-read, or (2) crafted timestamp formatting template, which triggers a buffer overflow.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0241, http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2499-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0241

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: postgresql-9.1

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.1.15-0ubuntu0.14.04

    Affected versions

    9.1.10-1
    9.1.10-1bzr1
    9.1.11-1
    9.1.11-2
    9.1.12-1
    9.1.13-1
    9.1.14-0ubuntu0.14.04

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High