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Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql93 / postgresql94,postgresql95,postgresql96 (ALAS-2018-990)

high Nessus Plugin ID 108851

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Uncontrolled search path element in pg_dump and other client applications

A flaw was found in the way Postgresql allowed a user to modify the behavior of a query for other users. An attacker with a user account could use this flaw to execute code with the permissions of superuser in the database. (CVE-2018-1058)

Solution

Run 'yum update postgresql93' to update your system.

Run 'yum update postgresql94' to update your system.

Run 'yum update postgresql95' to update your system.

Run 'yum update postgresql96' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-990.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108851

File Name: ala_ALAS-2018-990.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/6/2018

Updated: 5/31/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-contrib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-plperl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-plpython26, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-plpython27, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql93-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-contrib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-plperl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-plpython26, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-plpython27, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql94-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-contrib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-plperl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-plpython26, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-plpython27, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql95-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-contrib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-plperl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-plpython26, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-plpython27, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql96-test, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1058

ALAS: 2018-990