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PostgreSQL < 8.4.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6746

Synopsis

The remote database server is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities

Description

Versions of PostgreSQL earlier than 9.1.9 or 9.2.4 and are potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - An information disclosure due to an error in the 'contrib\pgcrypto' functions. (CVE-2013-1900)

 - An insecure temporary file-creation, specifically occurs when a file with a predictable filename in the '/tmp' directory is created. (CVE-2013-1902)

 - A password disclosure vulnerability occurs due to the application passing the database superuser passwords to a script, specifically exists in the graphical installers package. (CVE-2013-1093)

Solution

Upgrade to PostgreSQL 8.4.17 or later.

See Also

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1456

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-8-4-17.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 6746

Family: Database

Published: 4/5/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1900, CVE-2013-1902, CVE-2013-1903

BID: 58879, 58877, 58882