AlmaLinux 8 : postgresql:12 (ALSA-2022:7128)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166507

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:7128 advisory.

- A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL. This attack requires permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema, the ability to lure or wait for an administrator to create or update an affected extension in that schema, and the ability to lure or wait for a victim to use the object targeted in CREATE OR REPLACE or CREATE IF NOT EXISTS. Given all three prerequisites, this flaw allows an attacker to run arbitrary code as the victim role, which may be a superuser. (CVE-2022-2625)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected pg_repack, pgaudit and / or postgres-decoderbufs packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7128.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166507

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-7128.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 10/25/2022

Updated: 12/1/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2625

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pgaudit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgres-decoderbufs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pg_repack, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2625

CWE: 915