CVE-2015-3167: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only; version 15.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: before 9.0.20 (fixed in 9.0.20); from 9.1, before 9.1.16 (fixed in 9.1.16); from 9.2, before 9.2.11 (fixed in 9.2.11); from 9.3, before 9.3.7 (fixed in 9.3.7); from 9.4, before 9.4.2 (fixed in 9.4.2)

Published 2019-11-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.