openSUSE Security Update : postgresql (postgresql-1773)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44054

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

An unprivileged, authenticated PostgreSQL user could create a table which references functions with malicious content. Maintenance operations carried out be the database superuser could execute such functions (CVE-2009-4136).

Embedded null bytes in the common name of SSL certificates could bypass certificate hostname checks (CVE-2009-4034).

postgresql was updated to the next upstream patchlevel update which also includes several bugfixes. See the package changelog for details.

Solution

Update the affected postgresql packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564360

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564710

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44054

File Name: suse_11_2_postgresql-100111.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql-server, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4034, CVE-2009-4136

CWE: 310