GLSA-202408-06 : PostgreSQL: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 205136

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202408-06 (PostgreSQL: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo 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

All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-db/postgresql-16.3-r1:16 Or update an older slot if that is still in use.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-06

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903193

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912251

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=917153

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=924110

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=931849

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205136

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202408-06.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/7/2024

Updated: 8/7/2024

Supported Sensors: 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-2024-0985

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5869

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:postgresql

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5868, CVE-2023-5869, CVE-2023-5870, CVE-2024-0985, CVE-2024-4317