Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2468:03 advisory.

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)     Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.
    Asianux would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Asianux) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.
    CVE-2017-12172     PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10,     9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs     under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers     have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system     account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server     during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems     provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several     implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can     replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or     chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database     superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.
    CVE-2017-15097
    ** RESERVED **     This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that     will use it when announcing a new security problem.  When the     candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be     provided.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2470:03 advisory.

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)     Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.
    Asianux would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine Scemama as the     original reporter of these issues.
    CVE-2017-12172     PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10,     9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs     under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers     have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system     account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server     during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems     provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several     implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can     replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or     chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database     superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.
    CVE-2017-15097
    ** RESERVED **     This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that     will use it when announcing a new security problem.  When the     candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be     provided.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2465:03 advisory.

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)     Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.
    Asianux would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Asianux) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.
    CVE-2017-12172     PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10,     9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs     under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers     have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system     account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server     during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems     provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several     implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can     replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or     chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database     superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.
    CVE-2017-15097
    ** RESERVED **     This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that     will use it when announcing a new security problem.  When the     candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be     provided.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2464:03 advisory.

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)     Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, this update works     properly only if the postgres user has write access to the postgres' home directory, such as the one in     the default configuration (/var/lib/pgsql).
    Asianux would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Asianux) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.
    CVE-2017-12172     PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10,     9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs     under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers     have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system     account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server     during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems     provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several     implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can     replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or     chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database     superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.
    CVE-2017-15097
    ** RESERVED **     This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that     will use it when announcing a new security problem.  When the     candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be     provided.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2466:03 advisory.

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)     Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.
    Asianux would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Asianux) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.
    CVE-2017-12172     PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10,     9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs     under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers     have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system     account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server     during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems     provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several     implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can     replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or     chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database     superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.
    CVE-2017-15097
    ** RESERVED **     This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that     will use it when announcing a new security problem.  When the     candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be     provided.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker     with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server     machine. (CVE-2017-15097)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3403 advisory.

    PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

    Security Fix(es):

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

    Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.

    Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3404 advisory.

    PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

    Security Fix(es):

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

    Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.

    Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3405 advisory.

    PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

    Security Fix(es):

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

    Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, we dropped the
    --new-systemd-unit option for security reasons. Please use the root-only script postgresql-new-systemd-     unit.

    Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 5.04, has postgresql packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat     initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these     flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-15097)

  - Privilege escalation flaws were found in the     initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these     flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Security Fix(es) :

  - Privilege escalation flaws were found in the     initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these     flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, this update works properly only if the postgres user has write access to the postgres' home directory, such as the one in the default configuration (/var/lib/pgsql).

According to the versions of the postgresql packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Privilege escalation flaws were found in the     initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these     flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3402 advisory.

    [9.2.23-3]
    - setup: keep PGSETUP_* variables after switching to not-privileged user

    [9.2.23-2]
    - fix CVE-2017-12172

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update for postgresql is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

Security Fix(es) :

* Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
(CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, this update works properly only if the postgres user has write access to the postgres' home directory, such as the one in the default configuration (/var/lib/pgsql).

Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3402 advisory.

    PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

    Security Fix(es):

    * Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with     access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
    (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

    Note: This patch drops the script privileges from root to the postgres user. Therefore, this update works     properly only if the postgres user has write access to the postgres' home directory, such as the one in     the default configuration (/var/lib/pgsql).

    Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2017-12172. The CVE-2017-15097 issue     was discovered by Pedro Barbosa (Red Hat) and the PostgreSQL project. Upstream acknowledges Antoine     Scemama (Brainloop) as the original reporter of these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
289758	MiracleLinux 7 : rh-postgresql95-postgresql-9.5.9-4.el7 (AXSA:2017-2468:03)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
289583	MiracleLinux 4 : rh-postgresql95-postgresql-9.5.9-4.AXS4 (AXSA:2017-2470:03)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
289204	MiracleLinux 4 : rh-postgresql94-postgresql-9.4.14-2.AXS4 (AXSA:2017-2465:03)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
289139	MiracleLinux 7 : postgresql-9.2.23-3.el7 (AXSA:2017-2464:03)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
288885	MiracleLinux 7 : rh-postgresql94-postgresql-9.4.14-2.el7 (AXSA:2017-2466:03)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
220748	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-15097	Nessus	Misc.	medium
210324	RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-postgresql94-postgresql (RHSA-2017:3403)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
210294	RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-postgresql95-postgresql (RHSA-2017:3404)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
194128	RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-postgresql96-postgresql (RHSA-2017:3405)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
127150	NewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04 : postgresql Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0006)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
105387	Scientific Linux Security Update : postgresql on SL7.x x86_64 (20171219)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
105322	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : postgresql (EulerOS-SA-2017-1341)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
105321	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : postgresql (EulerOS-SA-2017-1340)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
105142	Oracle Linux 7 : postgresql (ELSA-2017-3402)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
105114	CentOS 7 : postgresql (CESA-2017:3402)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
105092	RHEL 7 : postgresql (RHSA-2017:3402)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

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