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SuSE 11.3 Security Update : postgresql91 (SAT Patch Number 10389)

high Nessus Plugin ID 82470

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The PostgreSQL database server was updated to 9.1.15, fixing bugs and security issues :

 - Fix buffer overruns in to_char(). (CVE-2015-0241)

 - Fix buffer overrun in replacement *printf() functions.
 (CVE-2015-0242)

 - Fix buffer overruns in contrib/pgcrypto. (CVE-2015-0243)

 - Fix possible loss of frontend/backend protocol synchronization after an error. (CVE-2015-0244)

 - Fix information leak via constraint-violation error messages (CVE-2014-8161). For a comprehensive list of fixes, please refer to the following release notes :

 - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-15 .html

 - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-14 .html

 - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-13 .html

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10389.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916953

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8161.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0241.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0242.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0243.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0244.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82470

File Name: suse_11_postgresql91-201503-150302.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/31/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:postgresql91, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libpq5-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:postgresql91-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:postgresql91-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:postgresql91-docs

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8161, CVE-2015-0241, CVE-2015-0242, CVE-2015-0243, CVE-2015-0244