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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2016-3065 in the critical feed json

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 att…

published 2016-04-11 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-4138

cvss
9.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • postgresql95 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.5.4-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3065 updated cvss 4.9

postgresql: memory disclosure in pageinspect functions

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 postgresql, postgresql92-postgresql Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql, postgresql84 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +3 more Red Hat Satellite 5 postgresql92-postgresql Red Hat Software Collections postgresql92-postgresql, rh-postgresql94-postgresql, rh-postgresql95-postgresql, postgresql92-postgresql-libs, postgresql92-postgresql-test, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl, +20 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 8.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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References

Sources

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