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title: "CVE-2015-3165\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-3165

Publication date 22 May 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Double free vulnerability 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 allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by closing an SSL
session at a time when the authentication timeout will expire during the
session shutdown sequence.

## 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 |
| 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 9.1.16-0ubuntu0.14.04 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 9.1.16-0ubuntu0.12.04 |
| 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 9.3.7-0ubuntu0.14.04 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | 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 | Fixed 9.4.2-1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 9.4.2-0ubuntu0.15.04 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 9.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.10 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3165)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3165)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-3165)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3165)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2621-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2621-1)
+ PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
+ 25 May 2015

### Other references

* <http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3165>