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SUSE-SA:2002:038: postgresql

medium Nessus Plugin ID 13759

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2002:038 (postgresql).


The PostgreSQL Object-Relational DBMS was found vulnerable to several security related buffer overflow problems.
The buffer overflows are located in:
* handling long datetime input
* lpad() and rpad() function with multibyte
* repeat() function
* TZ and SET TIME ZONE environment variables These bugs could just be exploited by attackers who have access to the postgresql server to gain the privileges postgres user ID .

The PostgreSQL package is not installed by default.
A temporary fix is not known.

Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, install the package using the command 'rpm -Fhv file.rpm' to apply the update.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/2002_038_postgresql.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 13759

File Name: suse_SA_2002_038.nasl

Version: 1.13

Agent: unix

Published: 7/25/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0972