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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : postgresql10 (SUSE-SU-2018:3942-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 120173
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for postgresql10 fixes the following issues :Security issue fixed :
CVE-2018-16850: Fixed improper quoting of transition table names when pg_dump emits CREATE TRIGGER could have caused privilege escalation (bsc#1114837).
Non-security issues fixed: Update to release 10.6 :
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-10-6.html
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2018-2813=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15:zypper in
-t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-2018-2813=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2018-2813=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2813=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114837
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-10-6.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 120173
File Name: suse_SU-2018-3942-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/2/2019
Updated: 7/9/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-plperl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-plpython-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-contrib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-plperl, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-pltcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-test, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql10-server
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-16850