CVE-2016-3065

Publication date 11 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
postgresql-8.4	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
postgresql-9.1	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
postgresql-9.3	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
postgresql-9.4	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
postgresql-9.5	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

affects 9.5 only

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.1 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.1 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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