RHEL 4 : postgresql (RHSA-2010:0428)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46682

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0428 advisory.

- postgresql: SQL privilege escalation via modifications to session-local state (CVE-2009-4136)

- postgresql: substring() negative length argument buffer overflow (CVE-2010-0442)

- postgresql: Integer overflow in hash table size calculation (CVE-2010-0733)

- PostgreSQL: PL/Perl Intended restriction bypass (CVE-2010-1169)

- PostgreSQL: PL/Tcl Intended restriction bypass (CVE-2010-1170)

- postgresql: improper privilege check during certain RESET ALL operations (CVE-2010-1975)

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 RHEL postgresql package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0428.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46682

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0428.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2010

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0733

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-pl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-tcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-test, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4136, CVE-2010-0442, CVE-2010-0733, CVE-2010-1169, CVE-2010-1170, CVE-2010-1975

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2010:0428

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