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Debian dsa-5746 : libecpg-compat3 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 205296

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5746 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5746-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 09, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : postgresql-13 CVE ID : CVE-2024-7348

 Noah Misch discovered a race condition in the pg_dump tool included in PostgreSQL, which may result in privilege escalation.

 For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 13.16-0+deb11u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-13 packages.

 For the detailed security status of postgresql-13 please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/postgresql-13

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the libecpg-compat3 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1964ded4

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-7348

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/postgresql-13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205296

File Name: debian_DSA-5746.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2024

Updated: 8/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-7348

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-compat3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plpython3-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-pltcl-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-server-dev-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-client-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plperl-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-doc-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpgtypes3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7348

IAVB: 2024-B-0117