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openSUSE Security Update : postgresql (openSUSE-SU-2011:0254-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53793

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A buffer overflow in the intarray module potentially allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user running postgresql (CVE-2010-4015:CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9). Additionally a possible log forging problem was fixed too. (CVE-2010-4014)

Solution

Update the affected postgresql packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660478

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00035.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53793

File Name: suse_11_2_postgresql-110217.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2011

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: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plperl, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4014, CVE-2010-4015