CVE-2015-0241

Publication date 6 February 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The to_char function in PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before 9.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) large number of digits when processing a numeric formatting template, which triggers a buffer over-read, or (2) crafted timestamp formatting template, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
postgresql-8.4	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 8.4.22-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
postgresql-9.1	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 9.1.15-0ubuntu0.14.04
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 9.1.15-0ubuntu0.12.04
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
postgresql-9.3	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
postgresql-9.4	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Fixed 9.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.10
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2499-1
PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
11 February 2015