SUSE SLED10 / SLES10 Security Update : PostgreSQL (SUSE-SU-2012:1336-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83561

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

PostgreSQL was updated to the latest stable release 8.1.23, fixing various bugs and security issues.

The following security issues have been fixed :

- CVE-2012-3488: This update fixes arbitrary read and write of files via XSL functionality.

- CVE-2012-2655: postgresql: denial of service (stack exhaustion) via specially crafted SQL.

- CVE-2011-2483: crypt_blowfish was mishandling 8 bit characters.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected PostgreSQL packages

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83561

File Name: suse_SU-2012-1336-1.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-pl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-server, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2483, CVE-2012-2655, CVE-2012-3488, CVE-2012-3489

BID: 49241, 53812, 55072, 55074

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