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RHEL 7 : rh-postgresql10-postgresql (RHSA-2020:5316)
high Nessus Plugin ID 170337
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-postgresql10-postgresql.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5316 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 (10.15).
Security Fix(es):
* postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings (CVE-2020-25694)
* postgresql: Multiple features escape security restricted operation sandbox (CVE-2020-25695)
* postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables (CVE-2020-25696)
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.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2020:5316.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e849ab8f
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5316
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894423
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 170337
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5316.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/23/2023
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: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25696
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25695
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: 12/2/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2020