usn-2772-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-10-16 06:12
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities
Details

Josh Kupershmidt discovered the pgCrypto extension could expose several bytes of server memory if the crypt() function was provided a too-short salt. An attacker could use this flaw to read private data. (CVE-2015-5288)

Oskari Saarenmaa discovered that the json and jsonb handlers could exhaust available stack space. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a denial of service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-5289)

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                }
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  "details": "Josh Kupershmidt discovered the pgCrypto extension could expose\nseveral bytes of server memory if the crypt() function was provided a\ntoo-short salt. An attacker could use this flaw to read private data.\n(CVE-2015-5288)\n\nOskari Saarenmaa discovered that the json and jsonb handlers could exhaust\navailable stack space. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a denial\nof service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu\n15.04. (CVE-2015-5289)\n",
  "id": "USN-2772-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2015-10-16T06:12:30Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5288"
    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5288",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5289"
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}



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