PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3403 advisory.

    PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

    Security Fix(es):

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

    Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.

    Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3404 advisory.

    PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

    Security Fix(es):

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

    Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.

    Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - postgresql: Improper randomization of pgcrypto functions (requiring random seed) (CVE-2013-1900)

  - postgresql: Empty password accepted in some authentication methods (CVE-2017-7546)

  - The make check command for the test suites in PostgreSQL 9.3.3 and earlier does not properly invoke     initdb to specify the authentication requirements for a database cluster to be used for the tests, which     allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this cluster. (CVE-2014-0067)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - postgresql: Start scripts permit database administrator to modify root-owned files (CVE-2017-15097)

  - postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in pg_dump and other client applications (CVE-2018-1058)

  - The make check command for the test suites in PostgreSQL 9.3.3 and earlier does not properly invoke     initdb to specify the authentication requirements for a database cluster to be used for the tests, which     allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this cluster. (CVE-2014-0067)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3405 advisory.

    PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

    Security Fix(es):

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

    Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.

    Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 5.04, has postgresql packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat     initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these     flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-15097)

  - Privilege escalation flaws were found in the     initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these     flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Junos Space version is prior to 17.2R1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

This update for postgresql94 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-15098: Fix crash due to rowtype mismatch in     json(b)_populate_recordset() (bsc#1067844).

  - CVE-2017-12172: Start scripts permit database     administrator to modify root-owned files. This issue did     not affect SUSE (bsc#1062538).

Bug fixes :

  - Update to version 9.4.15

  - https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-15.html

  - https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-14.html

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

This update for postgresql94 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-15098: Fix crash due to rowtype mismatch in     json{b}_populate_recordset() (bsc#1067844).

  - CVE-2017-12172: Start scripts permit database     administrator to modify root-owned files. This issue did     not affect SUSE (bsc#1062538). Bug fixes :

  - Update to version 9.4.15

  - https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-15.html

  - https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-14.html

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security Fix(es) :

  - Privilege escalation flaws were found in the     initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these     flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, this update works properly only if the postgres user has write access to the postgres' home directory, such as the one in the default configuration (/var/lib/pgsql).

According to the versions of the postgresql packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Privilege escalation flaws were found in the     initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these     flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3402 advisory.

    [9.2.23-3]
    - setup: keep PGSETUP_* variables after switching to not-privileged user

    [9.2.23-2]
    - fix CVE-2017-12172

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update for postgresql is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

Security Fix(es) :

* Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
(CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, this update works properly only if the postgres user has write access to the postgres' home directory, such as the one in the default configuration (/var/lib/pgsql).

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3402 advisory.

    PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

    Security Fix(es):

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

    Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, this update works     properly only if the postgres user has write access to the postgres' home directory, such as the one in     the default configuration (/var/lib/pgsql).

    Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. A remote attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.( CVE-2017-12172)

Invalid json_populate_recordset or jsonb_populate_recordset function calls in PostgreSQL can crash the server or disclose a few bytes of server memory.(CVE-2017-15098)

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. A remote attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.(CVE-2017-12172)

INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE commands in PostgreSQL disclose table contents that the invoker lacks privilege to read. These exploits affect only tables where the attacker lacks full read access but has both INSERT and UPDATE privileges. Exploits bypass row level security policies and lack of SELECT privilege.(CVE-2017-15099)

Invalid json_populate_recordset or jsonb_populate_recordset function calls in PostgreSQL can crash the server or disclose a few bytes of server memory.(CVE-2017-15098)

The version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host is 9.2.x prior to 9.2.24, 9.3.x prior to 9.3.20, 9.4.x prior to 9.4.15, 9.5.x prior to 9.5.10, 9.6.x prior to 9.6.6, or 10.x prior to 10.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including a denial of service attack.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
210324	RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-postgresql94-postgresql (RHSA-2017:3403)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
210294	RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-postgresql95-postgresql (RHSA-2017:3404)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
198842	RHEL 5 : postgresql (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198784	RHEL 6 : postgresql (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
195391	RHEL 6 : postgresql (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
194128	RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-postgresql96-postgresql (RHSA-2017:3405)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
127150	NewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04 : postgresql Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0006)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
108520	Juniper Junos Space < 17.2R1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (JSA10838)	Nessus	Junos Local Security Checks	critical
106067	openSUSE Security Update : postgresql94 (openSUSE-2018-38)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
106049	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : postgresql94 (SUSE-SU-2018:0081-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
106047	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : postgresql94 (SUSE-SU-2018:0077-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
105387	Scientific Linux Security Update : postgresql on SL7.x x86_64 (20171219)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
105322	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : postgresql (EulerOS-SA-2017-1341)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
105321	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : postgresql (EulerOS-SA-2017-1340)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
105142	Oracle Linux 7 : postgresql (ELSA-2017-3402)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
105114	CentOS 7 : postgresql (CESA-2017:3402)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
105092	RHEL 7 : postgresql (RHSA-2017:3402)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
105055	Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql92 / postgresql93,postgresql94 (ALAS-2017-931)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
105054	Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql95 / postgresql96 (ALAS-2017-930)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
104574	PostgreSQL 9.2.x < 9.2.24 / 9.3.x < 9.3.20 / 9.4.x < 9.4.15 / 9.5.x < 9.5.10 / 9.6.x < 9.6.6 / 10.x < 10.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Databases	medium

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