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FreeBSD : PostgreSQL -- two vulnerabilities (96eab874-9c79-11e8-b34b-6cc21735f730)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111656

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The PostgreSQL project reports :

CVE-2018-10915: Certain host connection parameters defeat client-side security defenses

libpq, the client connection API for PostgreSQL that is also used by other connection libraries, had an internal issue where it did not reset all of its connection state variables when attempting to reconnect. In particular, the state variable that determined whether or not a password is needed for a connection would not be reset, which could allow users of features requiring libpq, such as the 'dblink' or 'postgres_fdw' extensions, to login to servers they should not be able to access.

CVE-2018-10925: Memory disclosure and missing authorization in `INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE`

An attacker able to issue CREATE TABLE can read arbitrary bytes of server memory using an upsert (`INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE`) query. By default, any user can exploit that. A user that has specific INSERT privileges and an UPDATE privilege on at least one column in a given table can also update other columns using a view and an upsert query.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1878/

http://www.nessus.org/u?9d981a7b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111656

File Name: freebsd_pkg_96eab8749c7911e8b34b6cc21735f730.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 8/13/2018

Updated: 8/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10915

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10925

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql94-server, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql95-server, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql10-server, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql93-server, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql96-server

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10915, CVE-2018-10925