PostgreSQL 8.2 < 8.2.20 / 8.3 < 8.3.14 / 8.4 < 8.4.7 / 9.0 < 9.0.3 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63351

Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host is 8.2.x prior to 8.2.20, 8.3.x prior to 8.3.14, 8.4.x prior to 8.4.7, or 9.0.x prior to 9.0.3. It therefore is potentially affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

By calling functions from the intarray optional module with certain parameters, a remote, authenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code on the remote host subject to the privileges of the user running the affected application.

Solution

Upgrade to PostgreSQL 8.2.20 / 8.3.14 / 8.4.7 / 9.0.3 or later.

See Also

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1289/

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/release-8-2-20.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/release-8-3-14.html

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-7.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/release-9-0-3.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63351

File Name: postgresql_20110201.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Family: Databases

Published: 12/28/2012

Updated: 4/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4015

BID: 46084