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AlmaLinux 8 : postgresql:15 (ALSA-2023:7884)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187214

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:7884 advisory.

 * postgresql: Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification (CVE-2023-5869)
 * postgresql: Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls (CVE-2023-5868)
 * postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection (CVE-2023-39417)
 * postgresql: Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes. (CVE-2023-5870)
 * postgresql: MERGE fails to enforce UPDATE or SELECT row security policies (CVE-2023-39418)

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/8/ALSA-2023-7884.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187214

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-7884.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 12/22/2023

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: 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:alma:linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-private-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pg_repack, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-plpython3, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-private-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-plperl, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-pltcl, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pgaudit, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgres-decoderbufs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:postgresql-contrib

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39417, CVE-2023-39418, CVE-2023-5868, CVE-2023-5869, CVE-2023-5870

CWE: 89

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