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Debian dla-3600 : libecpg-compat3 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 182472

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3600 advisory.

 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3600-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta October 04, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : postgresql-11 Version : 11.21-0+deb10u2 CVE ID : CVE-2023-39417

 A SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL, an object-relational SQL database management system.

 An extension script is vulnerable if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct (dollar quoting, '', or ).

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 11.21-0+deb10u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-11 packages.

 For the detailed security status of postgresql-11 please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/postgresql-11

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the libecpg-compat3 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e0872ee

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-39417

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/postgresql-11

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182472

File Name: debian_DLA-3600.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/3/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-39417

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-compat3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plpython-11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-client-11, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-doc-11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-pltcl-11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plpython3-11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-server-dev-11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plperl-11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpgtypes3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39417