CVE-2015-3166 Information

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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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8