SB2015052804 - Input validation error in PostgreSQL
Published: May 28, 2015 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015052804
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3165)
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>
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
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