RHEL 6 : postgresql92-postgresql (RHSA-2014:0221)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 210204

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for postgresql92-postgresql.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:0221 advisory.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

Multiple stack-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the date/time implementation of PostgreSQL. An authenticated database user could provide a specially crafted date/time value that, when processed, could cause PostgreSQL to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0063)

Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in various type input functions in PostgreSQL. An authenticated database user could possibly use these flaws to crash PostgreSQL or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0064)

Multiple potential buffer overflow flaws were found in PostgreSQL.
An authenticated database user could possibly use these flaws to crash PostgreSQL or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PostgreSQL. (CVE-2014-0065)

It was found that granting an SQL role to a database user in a PostgreSQL database without specifying the ADMIN option allowed the grantee to remove other users from their granted role. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to remove a user from an SQL role which they were granted access to. (CVE-2014-0060)

A flaw was found in the validator functions provided by PostgreSQL's procedural languages (PLs). An authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2014-0061)

A race condition was found in the way the CREATE INDEX command performed multiple independent lookups of a table that had to be indexed. An authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2014-0062)

It was found that the chkpass extension of PostgreSQL did not check the return value of the crypt() function. An authenticated database user could possibly use this flaw to crash PostgreSQL via a null pointer dereference.
(CVE-2014-0066)

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Noah Misch as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0060 and CVE-2014-0063, Heikki Linnakangas and Noah Misch as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0064, Peter Eisentraut and Jozef Mlich as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0065, Andres Freund as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0061, Robert Haas and Andres Freund as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0062, and Honza Horak and Bruce Momjian as the original reporters of CVE-2014-0066.

These updated packages upgrade PostgreSQL to version 9.2.7, which fixes these issues as well as several non-security issues. Refer to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a full list of changes:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-7.html

All PostgreSQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL postgresql92-postgresql package based on the guidance in RHSA-2014:0221.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 210204

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-0221.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2024

Updated: 11/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-2669

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0066

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-test, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql92-postgresql-plperl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0060, CVE-2014-0061, CVE-2014-0062, CVE-2014-0063, CVE-2014-0064, CVE-2014-0065, CVE-2014-0066, CVE-2014-2669

CWE: 121, 190, 476

RHSA: 2014:0221

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