CVE-2015-3165 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can crash PostgreSQL by closing an SSL session during authentication timeout, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-3165?
CVE-2015-3165 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X Server, published on 28 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Double free vulnerability 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by closing an SSL session at a time when the authentication timeout will expire during the session shutdown sequence.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3165?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X Server, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Postgresql Postgresql.
How do I fix CVE-2015-3165?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2015-3165 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3165 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qw8w-35hc-552q, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3165.