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Oracle Linux 5 : postgresql84 (ELSA-2011-1378)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68371

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1378 advisory.

 [8.4.9-1.el5_7.1]
 - Update to PostgreSQL 8.4.9, for various fixes described at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-9.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-8.html including the fix for CVE-2011-2483 Resolves: #740739

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1378.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68371

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1378.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2483

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-tcl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-contrib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-plpython, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-plperl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2483

BID: 49241

RHSA: 2011:1378