FreeBSD : PostgreSQL -- multiple privilege issues (42d42090-9a4d-11e3-b029-08002798f6ff)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72612

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

PostgreSQL Project reports :

This update fixes CVE-2014-0060, in which PostgreSQL did not properly enforce the WITH ADMIN OPTION permission for ROLE management. Before this fix, any member of a ROLE was able to grant others access to the same ROLE regardless if the member was given the WITH ADMIN OPTION permission. It also fixes multiple privilege escalation issues, including: CVE-2014-0061, CVE-2014-0062, CVE-2014-0063, CVE-2014-0064, CVE-2014-0065, and CVE-2014-0066. More information on these issues can be found on our security page and the security issue detail wiki page.

With this release, we are also alerting users to a known security hole that allows other users on the same machine to gain access to an operating system account while it is doing 'make check' :
CVE-2014-0067. 'Make check' is normally part of building PostgreSQL from source code. As it is not possible to fix this issue without causing significant issues to our testing infrastructure, a patch will be released separately and publicly. Until then, users are strongly advised not to run 'make check' on machines where untrusted users have accounts.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72612

File Name: freebsd_pkg_42d420909a4d11e3b02908002798f6ff.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 2/21/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:freebsd:freebsd:postgresql-server, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0060, CVE-2014-0061, CVE-2014-0062, CVE-2014-0063, CVE-2014-0064, CVE-2014-0065, CVE-2014-0066, CVE-2014-0067

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