CVE-2016-3065 (GCVE-0-2016-3065)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-11 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:40
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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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-03-31 00:00
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