CVE-2015-3166 (GCVE-0-2015-3166)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-20 20:50 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- Other
Assigner
References
9 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/ | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL Global Development Group | PostgreSQL |
Affected:
before 9.0.20
Affected: 9.1.x before 9.1.16 Affected: 9.2.x before 9.2.11 Affected: 9.3.x before 9.3.7 Affected: and 9.4.x before 9.4.2 |
guessed |
Date Public
2015-05-22 00:00
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
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
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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.
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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