CVE-2016-3065
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.1 · CWE-264
9.1CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/Patch
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/Patch
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bf78a6f107949fdfb513d1b45e30cefe04e09e4f
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035468
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bf78a6f107949fdfb513d1b45e30cefe04e09e4f
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035468