Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-3165

Description

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.

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Affected products

PostgreSQL/PostgreSQL38 versions
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 37 more
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=9.0.19
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <9.4.2
Apple Inc./Mac OS X Server
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords10 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/postgresql93&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/postgresql94&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/postgresql95&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql93&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql93&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql93&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql93-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql93-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql93-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/postgresql93-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012
< 9.3.15-1.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.3.15-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.4.10-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.5.4-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.3.8-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.3.8-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.3.8-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.3.8-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.3.8-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.3.8-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.3.8-8.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270nvdThird Party Advisory
www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/nvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/74787nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2621-1nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT205219nvdThird Party Advisory
www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.htmlnvdRelease Notes
www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.htmlnvdRelease Notes
www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.htmlnvdRelease Notes
www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.htmlnvdRelease Notes
www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.htmlnvdRelease Notes
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1194.htmlnvd
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1195.htmlnvd
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1196.htmlnvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-20nvd

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