SB2015100803 - Fedora 22 update for postgresql

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SB2015100803 - Fedora 22 update for postgresql

Published: October 8, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2015100803
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5288)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

The crypt function in contrib/pgcrypto in PostgreSQL before 9.0.23, 9.1.x before 9.1.19, 9.2.x before 9.2.14, 9.3.x before 9.3.10, and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) or read arbitrary server memory via a "too-short" salt.


2) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5289)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing unspecified vectors, which are not properly handled in (1) json or (2) jsonb values. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References