USN-2499-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8161)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-02-11 17:57 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities
Details

Stephen Frost discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly displayed certain values in error messages. An authenticated user could gain access to seeing certain values, contrary to expected permissions. (CVE-2014-8161)

Andres Freund, Peter Geoghegan and Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled buffers in to_char functions. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0241)

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled memory in the pgcrypto extension. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0243)

Emil Lenngren discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled extended protocol message reading. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly inject query messages. (CVE-2015-0244)

References
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-8161",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-0241",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-0243",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-0244",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg-compat3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libecpg6",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpgtypes3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpq5",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-client-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-contrib-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-doc-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plperl-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-plpython3-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-pltcl-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "postgresql-server-dev-9.3",
            "binary_version": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "postgresql-9.3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-9.3@9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "9.3.1-1",
        "9.3.2-1",
        "9.3.2-1ubuntu1",
        "9.3.2-1ubuntu2",
        "9.3.3-1",
        "9.3.3-1bzr1",
        "9.3.3-1bzr2",
        "9.3.4-1",
        "9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Stephen Frost discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly displayed certain\nvalues in error messages. An authenticated user could gain access to seeing\ncertain values, contrary to expected permissions. (CVE-2014-8161)\n\nAndres Freund, Peter Geoghegan and Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL\nincorrectly handled buffers in to_char functions. An authenticated attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0241)\n\nIt was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled memory in the\npgcrypto extension. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0243)\n\nEmil Lenngren discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled extended\nprotocol message reading. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or\npossibly inject query messages. (CVE-2015-0244)\n",
  "id": "USN-2499-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2015-02-11T17:57:11Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2499-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8161"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0241"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0243"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0244"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8161",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0241",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0243",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0244"
  ]
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Drag nodes to arrange them. Double-click a related vulnerability to open it, or a source to visit its link. The Physics button on the left tunes the layout and the simulation; the legend at the bottom left hides or shows nodes by kind and by sighting type.

Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

JSON

Loading timeline…




    Related by attack behaviour

    Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.