Detections
Analytics

PostgreSQL 8.4.x < 8.4.20 / 9.0.x < 9.0.16 / 9.1.x < 9.1.12 / 9.2.x < 9.2.7 / 9.3.x < 9.3.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8133

Synopsis

The database running on the remote server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host is 8.4.x prior to 8.4.20, 9.0.x prior to 9.0.16, 9.1.x prior to 9.1.12, 9.2.x prior to 9.2.7 or 9.3.x prior to 9.3.3 and is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - SET ROLE bypasses lack of ADMIN OPTION when granting roles. (CVE-2014-0060)

 - It is possible to elevate privileges via calls to validator functions. (CVE-2014-0061)

 - It is possible to elevate privileges via a race condition in CREATE INDEX. (CVE-2014-0062)

 - Potential buffer overruns exist due to integer overflow in size calculations. (CVE-2014-0063)

 - Potential buffer overruns exist in datetime input/output. (CVE-2014-0064)

 - Multiple fixed-size buffers exist that could potentially be overflowed. (CVE-2014-0065)

 - A potential NULL pointer dereference crash is possible when crypt(3) returns NULL. (CVE-2014-0066)

 - Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities exist in 'hstore_io.c'. (CVE-2014-2669)

Solution

Upgrade to PostgreSQL 8.4.20 / 9.0.16 / 9.1.12 / 9.2.7 / 9.3.3, or later.

See Also

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-20.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-16.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-12.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-7.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 8133

Family: Database

Published: 2/24/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 72659, 72611

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0060, CVE-2014-0061, CVE-2014-0062, CVE-2014-0063, CVE-2014-0064, CVE-2014-0065, CVE-2014-0066, CVE-2014-2669

BID: 65719, 65723, 65724, 65725, 65727, 65728, 65731, 66557