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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : PostgreSQL vulnerabilities (USN-7358-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233017

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7358-1 advisory.

 Wolfgang Walther discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly tracked tables with row security. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform forbidden reads and modifications. (CVE-2024-10976)

 Jacob Champion discovered that PostgreSQL clients used untrusted server error messages. An attacker that is able to intercept network communications could possibly use this issue to inject error messages that could be interpreted as valid query results. (CVE-2024-10977)

 Tom Lane discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain privilege assignments. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to view or change different rows from those intended. (CVE-2024-10978)

 Coby Abrams discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled environment variables. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-10979)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7358-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233017

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7358-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2025

Updated: 3/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-9.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpgtypes3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-9.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython-9.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-9.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-contrib-9.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-9.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-compat3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-9.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-client-9.5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10976, CVE-2024-10977, CVE-2024-10978, CVE-2024-10979

USN: 7358-1