SUSE SLES12 Security Update : postgresql93 (SUSE-SU-2017:1441-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100538

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for postgresql93 fixes the following issues: The PostgreSQL package was updated to 9.3.17, bringing various bug and security fixes. Bug fixes :

- bsc#1029547: Fix tests with timezone 2017a

- CVE-2017-7486: Restrict visibility of pg_user_mappings.umoptions, to protect passwords stored as user mapping options. (bsc#1037624)

- CVE-2017-7485: Recognize PGREQUIRESSL variable again.
(bsc#1038293)

- CVE-2017-7484: Prevent exposure of statistical information via leaky operators. (bsc#1037603) More details can be found in the PostgreSQL release announcements :

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-17.html

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-16.html

- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-15.html

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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-881=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-881=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029547

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037603

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037624

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038293

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release-9-3-15.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release-9-3-16.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release-9-3-17.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7484/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7485/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7486/

http://www.nessus.org/u?b83f04d9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100538

File Name: suse_SU-2017-1441-1.nasl

Version: 3.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/31/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql93, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql93-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql93-contrib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql93-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql93-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql93-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql93-server-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 5/30/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7484, CVE-2017-7485, CVE-2017-7486