Fixed
Created: Jun 9, 2015
Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Jul 8, 2015
Previous ID: LIN4-32712
Found In Version: 7.0.0.5
Fix Version: 7.0.0.8
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Userspace
The PostgreSQL project reports the following issue:
The server regularly ignores the return value of certain standard library functions, such as sprintf() and putenv(), which can fail under memory exhaustion. This could, in principle, have a variety of security-relevant effects. For example, an unnoticed sprintf() error could permit disclosure of prior buffer contents. A particular putenv() failure could cause GSSAPI authentication to consult the wrong keytab file. Reducing such exploits to practice is expected to be impossible in most configurations, given the requirement for such an intricate coincidence of system state.
This flaw is fixed in upstream versions 9.4.2, 9.3.7, 9.2.11, 9.1.16, and 9.0.20 of PostgreSQL.
Acknowledgements:
Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Noah Misch as the original reporter.
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3166
