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FreeBSD : PostgreSQL -- libpq retains an error message from man-in-the-middle (a61ef21b-a29e-11ef-af48-6cc21735f730)

low Nessus Plugin ID 211383

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the a61ef21b-a29e-11ef-af48-6cc21735f730 advisory.

 PostgreSQL project reports:

 Client use of server error message in PostgreSQL allows a server not trusted under current SSL or GSS settings to furnish arbitrary non-NUL bytes to the libpq application. For example, a man-in-the-middle attacker could send a long error message that a human or screen-scraper user of psql mistakes for valid query results. This is probably not a concern for clients where the user interface unambiguously indicates the boundary between one error message and other text.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD 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://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2024-10977/

http://www.nessus.org/u?a39233f4

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 211383

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a61ef21ba29e11efaf486cc21735f730.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/14/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10977

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.1

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql14-client, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql17-client, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql15-client, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql12-client, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql13-client, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql16-client

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10977