CVE-2015-3167

7.5 highEPSS 4.1%

High (7.5). EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2019-11-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux
debian:debian_linux
postgresql:postgresql

References

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html

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