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AlmaLinux 8 : libpq (ALSA-2025:1737)
high Nessus Plugin ID 216755
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:1737 advisory.* postgresql: PostgreSQL quoting APIs miss neutralizing quoting syntax in text that fails encoding validation (CVE-2025-1094)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 libpq and / or libpq-devel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 216755
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-1737.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 2/25/2025
Updated: 2/26/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1094
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libpq, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libpq-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025
Exploitable With
Metasploit (BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) unauthenticated Remote Code Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-1094