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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : PostgreSQL vulnerability (USN-6968-3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208958

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6968-3 advisory.

 USN-6968-1 fixed CVE-2024-7348 in PostgreSQL-12, PostgreSQL-14, and PostgreSQL-16.

 This update provides the corresponding updates for PostgreSQL-9.3 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and PostgreSQL-10 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6968-3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208958

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6968-3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2024

Updated: 10/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-9.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-9.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython-9.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-contrib-9.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-9.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-client-9.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-client-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-9.3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-compat3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-9.3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpgtypes3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7348

USN: 6968-3