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CentOS 4 / 5 : postgresql (CESA-2009:1484)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 43800
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated postgresql packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 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).
It was discovered that the upstream patch for CVE-2007-6600 included in the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0038 did not include protection against misuse of the RESET ROLE and RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands. An authenticated user could use this flaw to install malicious code that would later execute with superuser privileges. (CVE-2009-3230)
A flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL handled encoding conversion. A remote, authenticated user could trigger an encoding conversion failure, possibly leading to a temporary denial of service. Note: To exploit this issue, a locale and client encoding for which specific messages fail to translate must be selected (the availability of these is determined by an administrator-defined locale setting).
(CVE-2009-0922)
Note: For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, this update upgrades PostgreSQL to version 7.4.26. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, this update upgrades PostgreSQL to version 8.1.18. Refer to the PostgreSQL Release Notes for a list of changes :
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/release.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html
All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. If the postgresql service is running, it will be automatically restarted after installing this update.
Solution
Update the affected postgresql packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?a4f8d751
http://www.nessus.org/u?359e7ac8
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 43800
File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-1484.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 1/6/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-tcl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-test, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-pl
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2008