SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : postgresql91 (SUSE-SU-2015:1091-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 84338

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/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3167/

http://www.nessus.org/u?23fcfb6c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 84338

File Name: suse_SU-2015-1091-1.nasl

Version: 2.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/23/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql91-contrib, 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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3165, CVE-2015-3166, CVE-2015-3167

BID: 74787, 74789, 74790