Use After Free Affecting postgresql-contrib package, versions <0:9.2.13-1.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.54% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POSTGRESQLCONTRIB-5061628
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 May 2015

Introduced: 22 May 2015

CVE-2015-3165  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 postgresql-contrib to version 0:9.2.13-1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1194.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql-contrib package and not the postgresql-contrib package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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