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Debian DSA-2630-1 : postgresql-8.4 - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64732

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Sumit Soni discovered that PostgreSQL, an object-relational SQL database, could be forced to crash when an internal function was called with invalid arguments, resulting in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the postgresql-8.4 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.16-0squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/postgresql-8.4

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2630

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64732

File Name: debian_DSA-2630.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-8.4, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0255

BID: 56957, 57646

DSA: 2630