GLSA-202409-02 : PostgreSQL: Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 207566

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202409-02 (PostgreSQL: Privilege Escalation)

A vulnerability has been discovered in PostgreSQL. Please review the CVE identifier 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 this issue 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-12.20:12 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-db/postgresql-13.16:13 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-db/postgresql-14.13:14 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-db/postgresql-15.8:15 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-db/postgresql-16.4:16

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-02

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=937573

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207566

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202409-02.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/22/2024

Updated: 9/22/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: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: 9/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7348