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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4 vulnerability (USN-1229-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56506

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that the blowfish algorithm in the pgcrypto module incorrectly handled certain 8-bit characters, resulting in the password hashes being easier to crack than expected. An attacker who could obtain the password hashes would be able to recover the plaintext with less effort.

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Solution

Update the affected postgresql-8.3 and / or postgresql-8.4 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1229-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56506

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1229-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-8.3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-8.4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2483

BID: 49241

USN: 1229-1