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Debian DLA-1051-1 : postgresql-9.1 security update
critical Nessus Plugin ID 102368
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been found in the PostgreSQL database system :CVE-2017-7486
Andrew Wheelwright discovered that user mappings were insufficiently restricted.
CVE-2017-7546
In some authentication methods empty passwords were accepted.
CVE-2017-7547
User mappings could leak data to unprivileged users.
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 9.1.24lts2-0+deb7u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.1 packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/08/msg00003.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 102368
File Name: debian_DLA-1051.nasl
Version: 3.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 8/11/2017
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-client-9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-compat3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-contrib-9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-9.1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-pltcl-9.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plperl-9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-doc-9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plpython3-9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-server-dev-9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plpython-9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpgtypes3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2017