Out-of-Bounds Affecting postgresql package, versions [,9.0.20)[9.1,9.1.16)[9.2,9.2.11)[9.3,9.3.7)[9.4,9.4.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-2335985
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Nov 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Nov 2019

CVE-2015-3166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade postgresql to version 9.0.20, 9.1.16, 9.2.11, 9.3.7, 9.4.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

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