Alpine: postgresql13: security update to 13.17-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408554

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- Incomplete tracking in PostgreSQL of tables with row security allows a reused query to view or change
different rows from those intended. CVE-2023-2455 and CVE-2016-2193 fixed most interaction between row
security and user ID changes. They missed cases where a subquery, WITH query, security invoker view, or
SQL-language function references a table with a row-level security policy. This has the same consequences
as the two earlier CVEs. That is to say, it leads to potentially incorrect policies being applied in cases
where role-specific policies are used and a given query is planned under one role and then executed under
other roles. This scenario can happen under security definer functions or when a common user and query is
planned initially and then re-used across multiple SET ROLEs. Applying an incorrect policy may permit a
user to complete otherwise-forbidden reads and modifications. This affects only databases that have used
CREATE POLICY to define a row security policy. An attacker must tailor an attack to a particular
application's pattern of query plan reuse, user ID changes, and role-specific row security policies.
Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are affected. (CVE-2024-10976)

- Client use of server error message in PostgreSQL allows a server not trusted under current SSL or GSS
settings to furnish arbitrary non-NUL bytes to the libpq application. For example, a man-in-the-middle
attacker could send a long error message that a human or screen-scraper user of psql mistakes for valid
query results. This is probably not a concern for clients where the user interface unambiguously indicates
the boundary between one error message and other text. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14,
13.17, and 12.21 are affected. (CVE-2024-10977)

- Incorrect privilege assignment in PostgreSQL allows a less-privileged application user to view or change
different rows from those intended. An attack requires the application to use SET ROLE, SET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION, or an equivalent feature. The problem arises when an application query uses parameters from
the attacker or conveys query results to the attacker. If that query reacts to current_setting('role') or
the current user ID, it may modify or return data as though the session had not used SET ROLE or SET
SESSION AUTHORIZATION. The attacker does not control which incorrect user ID applies. Query text from
less-privileged sources is not a concern here, because SET ROLE and SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION are not
sandboxes for unvetted queries. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are
affected. (CVE-2024-10978)

- Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user to
change sensitive process environment variables (e.g. PATH). That often suffices to enable arbitrary code
execution, even if the attacker lacks a database server operating system user. Versions before PostgreSQL
17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are affected. (CVE-2024-10979)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 408554

Version: Revision 1.14

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/16/2024

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10976, CVE-2024-10977, CVE-2024-10978, CVE-2024-10979

IAVB: 2024-B-0175-S

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