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AlmaLinux 9 : postgresql:15 (ALSA-2023:4327)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179217

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:4327 advisory.

 * postgresql: schema_element defeats protective search_path changes (CVE-2023-2454)
 * postgresql: row security policies disregard user ID changes after inlining. (CVE-2023-2455)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-4327.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179217

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-4327.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 8/2/2023

Updated: 1/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2454

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/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:9::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-test, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pgaudit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-plpython3, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-contrib, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-private-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-static, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-private-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgres-decoderbufs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pg_repack, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql

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: 7/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2454, CVE-2023-2455

CWE: 20