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Amazon Linux 2 : postgresql (ALAS-2024-2462)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190696

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of postgresql installed on the remote host is prior to 9.2.24-8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2462 advisory.

 This enabled an attacker having database-level CREATE privilege to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser. Database owners have that right by default, and explicit grants may extend it to other users.
 (CVE-2023-2454)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update postgresql' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2462.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-2454.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190696

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2462.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2024

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2454

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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:amazon:linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-test, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2454

IAVB: 2023-B-0034-S