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Debian dla-3954 : libecpg-compat3 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211488

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3954 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3954-2 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Bastien Roucaris November 21, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : postgresql-13 Version : 13.18-0+deb11u1 CVE ID : CVE-2024-10978

 The fix for CVE-2024-10978 accidentally caused settings for role to not be applied if they come from non-interactive sources, including previous ALTER {ROLE|DATABASE} commands and the PGOPTIONS environment variable.

 For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 13.18-0+deb11u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-13 packages.

 For the detailed security status of postgresql-13 please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/postgresql-13

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the libecpg-compat3 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1964ded4

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/postgresql-13

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-10978

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211488

File Name: debian_DLA-3954.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2024

Updated: 11/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-compat3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plpython3-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-pltcl-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-server-dev-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-client-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plperl-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-doc-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpgtypes3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10978

IAVB: 2024-B-0175