CVE-2016-3065

critical

Description

The (1) brin_page_type and (2) brin_metapage_info functions in the pageinspect extension in PostgreSQL before 9.5.x before 9.5.2 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and consequently obtain sensitive server memory information or cause a denial of service (server crash) via a crafted bytea value in a BRIN index page.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035468

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.html

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/

http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bf78a6f107949fdfb513d1b45e30cefe04e09e4f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-11

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Critical