RHEL 8 : postgresql:12 (RHSA-2023:7666)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186621

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for postgresql:12.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7666 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* postgresql: schema_element defeats protective search_path changes (CVE-2023-2454)

* postgresql: Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification (CVE-2023-5869)

* postgresql: row security policies disregard user ID changes after inlining. (CVE-2023-2455)

* postgresql: Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls (CVE-2023-5868)

* postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection (CVE-2023-39417)

* postgresql: Client memory disclosure when connecting with Kerberos to modified server (CVE-2022-41862)

* postgresql: Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes. (CVE-2023-5870)

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 postgresql:12 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7666.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186621

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7666.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/6/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2023-5869

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pgaudit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-plpython3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-static, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgres-decoderbufs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pg_repack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-plperl

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: 12/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41862, CVE-2023-2454, CVE-2023-2455, CVE-2023-39417, CVE-2023-5868, CVE-2023-5869, CVE-2023-5870

CWE: 190, 20, 200, 400, 686, 89

IAVB: 2023-B-0009-S, 2023-B-0034-S, 2023-B-0060-S, 2023-B-0088-S

RHSA: 2023:7666

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