gsd-2015-3166
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2015-3166


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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.",
    "id": "GSD-2015-3166",
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      "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3166.html",
      "https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270",
      "https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1196",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1195",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1194",
      "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3166",
      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2015-3166.html",
      "https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2015-3166.html",
      "https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2015-3166.html"
    ]
  },
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      "exploitCode": "unknown",
      "remediation": "unknown",
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2019-11-22T15:08Z",
      "publishedDate": "2019-11-20T21:15Z"
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  }
}


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