Detections
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Fedora 11 : postgresql-8.3.8-1.fc11 (2009-9473)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 40953
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Update to PostgreSQL 8.3.8, for various fixes described at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html including three security issuesNote that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected postgresql package.See Also
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/release-8-3-8.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522084
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522085
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 40953
File Name: fedora_2009-9473.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 9/14/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-6600, CVE-2009-3229, CVE-2009-3230, CVE-2009-3231
BID: 36314