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CVE-2015-3167

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3167 describes a vulnerability in the contrib/pgcrypto component of PostgreSQL versions prior to 9.0.20, 9.1.16, 9.2.11, 9.3.7, and 9.4.2. This flaw allows attackers to discern correct cryptographic keys through differing error responses, facilitating brute-force attacks. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.1, < 9.1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.2, < 9.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.3, < 9.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.4, < 9.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0413 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (17)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: postgresql-0:8.4.20-3.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: postgresql-0:9.2.13-1.el7_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.13-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.4-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.13-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.4-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.13-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.4-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.13-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.4-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.13-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.4-1.el7
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5Fixed in: postgresql
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5Fixed in: postgresql92-postgresql
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postgresql
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postgresql84
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: postgresql92

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3167Low

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

May 22, 2015

References

ubuntu.com / usn/usn-2621-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3269
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3270
Third Party Advisory
postgresql.org / about/news/1587
Vendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory