UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3166

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3166

    Published: 22 May 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3166
    Aliases:
    USN-2621-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3166, http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2621-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3166

    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 -9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04

    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
    9.1.15-0ubuntu0.14.04

    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