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Rocky Linux 9 : postgresql:16 (RLSA-2024:5929)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207300

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:5929 advisory.

 * postgresql: PostgreSQL pg_stats_ext and pg_stats_ext_exprs lack authorization checks (CVE-2024-4317)

 * postgresql: PostgreSQL relation replacement during pg_dump executes arbitrary SQL (CVE-2024-7348)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5929

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2279935

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207300

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-5929.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 9/16/2024

Updated: 11/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous 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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-docs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-plpython3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgres-decoderbufs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pg_repack-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-private-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-pltcl, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-plpython3, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pgaudit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-plperl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-contrib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-test-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-server-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgres-decoderbufs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgres-decoderbufs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-private-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-upgrade-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pg_repack-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pgaudit, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pg_repack, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pgaudit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-private-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4317, CVE-2024-7348

IAVB: 2024-B-0062-S, 2024-B-0117-S