RHEL 7 : rh-postgresql10-postgresql (RHSA-2023:0160)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169981

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rh-postgresql10-postgresql.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0160 advisory.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
rh-postgresql10-postgresql (10.23).

Security Fix(es):

* postgresql: Extension scripts replace objects not belonging to the extension. (CVE-2022-2625)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* rh-postgresql10-postgresql: Update to the latest PostgreSQL version 10.23 (BZ#2157611)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 RHEL rh-postgresql10-postgresql package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:0160.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d4ab53e0

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0160

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2113825

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2157611

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169981

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0160.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-contrib-syspaths, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-syspaths, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-server-syspaths, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql10-postgresql-pltcl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2625

CWE: 915

RHSA: 2023:0160