CVE-2015-3166 Information disclosure in PostgreSQL

What is CVE-2015-3166?

CVE-2015-3166 is a critical vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3166?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3166?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-3166 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3166 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-65w5-rcgr-gxgj, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3166.