Debian DLA-1169-1 : postgresql-common security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 104502

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A security vulnerability has been found in postgresql-common, Debian's PostgreSQL database cluster management tools.

CVE-2017-8806

It was discovered that the pg_ctlcluster, pg_createcluster and pg_upgradecluster commands handled symbolic links insecurely which could result in local denial of service by overwriting arbitrary files.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 134wheezy6.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-common 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104502

File Name: debian_DLA-1169.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/13/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-client-common, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-server-dev-all, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2017

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