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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2015-3167 json

contrib/pgcrypto 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 uses dif…

published 2019-11-20 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-3245

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

contrib/pgcrypto 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 uses different error responses when an incorrect key is used, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain the key via a brute force attack.

Patch / fix

  • postgresql postgresql 9.0.20, 9.1.16, 9.2.11, 9.3.7, 9.4.2
  • postgresql-9.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04
  • postgresql-9.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3167

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  • rh-postgresql94-postgresql RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.4.4-1.el6
  • rh-postgresql94-postgresql RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.4.4-1.el7
  • rh-postgresql94-postgresql-libs RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.4.4-1.el6
  • rh-postgresql94-postgresql-libs RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.4.4-1.el7
  • rh-postgresql94-postgresql-test RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.4.4-1.el6
  • rh-postgresql94-postgresql-test RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.4.4-1.el7
  • rh-postgresql94-postgresql-pltcl RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.4.4-1.el6
  • rh-postgresql94-postgresql-pltcl RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.4.4-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1196RHSA-2015:1195RHSA-2015:1194

  • postgresql93 SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 9.3.8-8.1
  • postgresql93-libs SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 9.3.8-8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1264-1

  • postgresql94 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.4.10-1.1
  • postgresql93 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.3.15-1.1
  • postgresql95 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.5.4-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3167 updated cvss 2.6

postgresql: pgcrypto has multiple error messages for decryption with an incorrect key.

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 postgresql, postgresql92-postgresql Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql, postgresql84 Red Hat Satellite 5 postgresql92
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-server 9.2.13-1.el7_1, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-server 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-contrib 9.2.13-1.el7_1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-libs 8.4.20-3.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-test 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-pltcl 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-plperl 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-server 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-contrib 8.4.20-3.el6_6, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-libs 8.4.20-3.el6_6
    +7 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) postgresql-test 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-pltcl 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-plperl 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-server 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-contrib 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-plpython 8.4.20-3.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-libs 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-test 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-pltcl 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-plperl 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-server 8.4.20-3.el6_6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql 9.2.13-1.ael7b_1, postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.ael7b_1, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) postgresql-upgrade 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-upgrade 9.2.13-1.ael7b_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-libs 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-test 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-pltcl 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-plperl 8.4.20-3.el6_6, postgresql-server 8.4.20-3.el6_6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el7_1, postgresql-server 9.2.13-1.el7_1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) postgresql-upgrade 9.2.13-1.el7_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1194
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.13-1.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.4-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el6, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.13-1.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.4-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el7, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.13-1.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.4-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el6, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.13-1.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.4-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el6, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.13-1.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.4-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el7, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.13-1.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.4-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el6, +12 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.13-1.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.4-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.13-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.13-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.13-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.13-1.el7, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1195

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Exploit prediction

4.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.