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RHEL 5 : postgresql (RHSA-2007:0068)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25315

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated postgresql packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS).

Two flaws were found in the way the PostgreSQL server handles certain SQL-language functions. An authenticated user could execute a sequence of commands which could crash the PostgreSQL server or possibly read from arbitrary memory locations. A user would need to have permissions to drop and add database tables to be able to exploit these issues (CVE-2007-0555, CVE-2007-0556).

Several denial of service flaws were found in the PostgreSQL server.
An authenticated user could execute certain SQL commands which could crash the PostgreSQL server (CVE-2006-5540, CVE-2006-5541, CVE-2006-5542).

Users of PostgreSQL should upgrade to these updated packages containing PostgreSQL version 8.1.8 which corrects these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5540

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5541

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5542

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-0555

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-0556

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0068

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25315

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0068.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/25/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-tcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-test, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-pl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-server

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: 3/14/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5540, CVE-2006-5541, CVE-2006-5542, CVE-2007-0555, CVE-2007-0556

BID: 22387

RHSA: 2007:0068