Input validation error in PostgreSQL - CVE-2015-3165
Published: May 28, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33829
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3165
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html">CWE-415: Double Free</a>
Affected software
PostgreSQL
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
postgresql (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
postgresql (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3165
Install update from vendor's website.
PostgreSQL - addressed in versions 9.0.20, 9.1.16, 9.2.11, 9.3.7, 9.4.2
postgresql (Alpine package) - update to 9.3.7-r0
postgresql (Alpine package) - update to 9.3.7-r0
External References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1194.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1195.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1196.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74787
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2621-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-20
- https://support.apple.com/HT205219