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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : postgresql12 (SUSE-SU-2023:0479-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 171843

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0479-1 advisory.

 - In PostgreSQL, a modified, unauthenticated server can send an unterminated string during the establishment of Kerberos transport encryption. In certain conditions a server can cause a libpq client to over-read and report an error message containing uninitialized bytes. (CVE-2022-41862)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205300

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1208102

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41862

http://www.nessus.org/u?bad6babc

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 171843

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0479-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/23/2023

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41862

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql12-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql12-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql12-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql12-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql12-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql12-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql12-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql12-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5

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: 2/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41862

IAVB: 2023-B-0009-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0479-1