openSUSE 10 Security Update : postgresql (postgresql-4955)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 30251

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This version update to 8.2.6 fixes among other things several security issues :

- Index Functions Privilege Escalation: CVE-2007-6600

- Regular Expression Denial-of-Service: CVE-2007-4772, CVE-2007-6067, CVE-2007-4769

- DBLink Privilege Escalation: CVE-2007-6601

Solution

Update the affected postgresql packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 30251

File Name: suse_postgresql-4955.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/11/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-pltcl, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4769, CVE-2007-4772, CVE-2007-6067, CVE-2007-6600

CWE: 189, 264, 399