The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7656 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * 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)

    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.

Detections

Analytics

RHEL 8 : postgresql:12 (RHSA-2023:7656)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189640

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.4 Nov 7, 2024, 5:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411071729
Version 1.3 Nov 5, 2024, 6:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411051829
Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Feb 16, 2024, 12:17 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202402161217
Version 1.0 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM New Plugin Feed: 202401262100