SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : postgresql13 (SUSE-SU-2021:0543-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 146788

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for postgresql13 fixes the following issues :

Upgrade to version 13.2 :

- Updating stored views and reindexing might be needed after applying this update.

- CVE-2021-3393, bsc#1182040: Fix information leakage in constraint-violation error messages.

- CVE-2021-20229, bsc#1182039: Fix failure to check per-column SELECT privileges in some join queries.

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-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-543=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP2-2021-543=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-543=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 146788

File Name: suse_SU-2021-0543-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/23/2021

Updated: 1/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20229

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3393

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-plperl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-plpython-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-contrib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-test, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-server-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-pltcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-devel

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: 2/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20229, CVE-2021-3393

IAVB: 2021-B-0023-S

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