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openSUSE Security Update : postgresql / postgresql-libs (openSUSE-SU-2012:1288-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74769

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- Security and bugfix release 9.1.5 :

 - Ignore SECURITY DEFINER and SET attributes for a procedural language's call handler (CVE-2012-2655) bnc#765069

 - Fix incorrect password transformation in 'contrib/pgcrypto''s DES crypt() function (CVE-2012-2143) bnc#766799

 - Prevent access to external files/URLs via 'contrib/xml2''s xslt_process() (CVE-2012-3488) bnc#776523

 - Prevent access to external files/URLs via XML entity references (CVE-2012-3489) bnc#776524

 - See the release notes for the rest of the changes:
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release.html /usr/share/doc/packages/postgresql/HISTORY

Solution

Update the affected postgresql / postgresql-libs packages.

See Also

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/release.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765069

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=766797

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776523

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776524

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74769

File Name: openSUSE-2012-667.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-libs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plperl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plpython-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-contrib-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-devel-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2143, CVE-2012-2655, CVE-2012-3488, CVE-2012-3489