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GLSA-201811-24 : PostgreSQL: SQL injection

critical Nessus Plugin ID 119319

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-24 (PostgreSQL: SQL injection)

 A vulnerability was discovered in PostgreSQL’s pg_upgrade and pg_dump.
 Impact :

 An attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted trigger definition, can execute arbitrary SQL statements with superuser privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PostgreSQL 9.3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-9.3.25' All PostgreSQL 9.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-9.4.20' All PostgreSQL 9.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-9.5.15' All PostgreSQL 9.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-9.6.11' All PostgreSQL 10.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-10.6' All PostgreSQL 11.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/postgresql-11.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 119319

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201811-24.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 12/3/2018

Updated: 7/18/2024

Supported Sensors: 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 Score Source: CVE-2018-16850

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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:postgresql

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16850

GLSA: 201811-24