The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6570-1 advisory.

    Pedro Gallegos discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled modifying certain SQL array values. A remote     attacker could use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2023-5869)

    Hemanth Sandrana and Mahendrakar Srinivasarao discovered that PostgreSQL allowed the pg_signal_backend     role to signal certain superuser processes, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2023-5870)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : PostgreSQL vulnerabilities (USN-6570-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187742

Version 1.1