openSUSE Security Update : postgresql96 (openSUSE-2017-1021)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 103157

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for postgresql96 fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2017-7547: Further restrict visibility of pg_user_mappings.umoptions, to protect passwords stored as user mapping options. (bsc#1051685)

- CVE-2017-7546: Disallow empty passwords in all password-based authentication methods. (bsc#1051684)

- CVE-2017-7548: lo_put() function ignores ACLs.
(bsc#1053259)

The changelog for this release is here:
	https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/release-9-6-4.html

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected postgresql96 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1051684

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1051685

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1053259

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/release-9-6-4.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 103157

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1021.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/13/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-contrib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-libs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-plperl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-plpython-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-pltcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql96-test, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7546, CVE-2017-7547, CVE-2017-7548