UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3166

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3166
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3166.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3166
Upstream
  • CVE-2015-3166
Downstream
Related
Published
2015-05-22T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T03:00:23.927890Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / postgresql-9.1

Package

Name
postgresql-9.1
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.1@9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04

Affected versions

9.*
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.1",
            "binary_version": "9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3166.json"

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / postgresql-9.3

Package

Name
postgresql-9.3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.3@9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04

Affected versions

9.*
9.3.1-1
9.3.2-1
9.3.2-1ubuntu1
9.3.2-1ubuntu2
9.3.3-1
9.3.3-1bzr1
9.3.3-1bzr2
9.3.4-1
9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3166.json"