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SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : postgresql91 (SUSE-SU-2015:1091-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 84338
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update provides PostgreSQL 9.1.18, which brings fixes for security issues and other enhancements.The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :
CVE-2015-3165: Avoid possible crash when client disconnects.
(bsc#931972)
CVE-2015-3166: Consistently check for failure of the *printf().
(bsc#931973)
CVE-2015-3167: In contrib/pgcrypto, uniformly report decryption failures. (bsc#931974)
For a comprehensive list of changes, please refer to <a href='http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-18.html'>h ttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-18.html</a>.
This update also includes changes in PostgreSQL's packaging to prepare for the migration to the new major version 9.4. (FATE#316970, bsc#907651)
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
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Manager Server :
zypper in -t patch sleman21-postgresql91-201505=10760
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 :
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-postgresql91-201505=10760
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware :
zypper in -t patch slessp3-postgresql91-201505=10760
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 :
zypper in -t patch slessp3-postgresql91-201505=10760
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 :
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-postgresql91-201505=10760
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/release-9-1-18.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907651
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=931972
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=931973
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=931974
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=932040
http://www.nessus.org/u?36f6d275
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3165/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3166/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 84338
File Name: suse_SU-2015-1091-1.nasl
Version: 2.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/23/2015
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
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql91-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql91, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql91-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql91-server, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
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: 6/19/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2015