Debian DSA-4439-1 : postgresql-9.6 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124721

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Dean Rasheed discovered that row security policies in the PostgreSQL database system could be bypassed.

For additional information please refer to the upstream announcement at https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1939/

Solution

Upgrade the postgresql-9.6 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 9.6.13-0+deb9u1.

See Also

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1939/

http://www.nessus.org/u?350b32e8

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/postgresql-9.6

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4439

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124721

File Name: debian_DSA-4439.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2019

Updated: 1/21/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-9.6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10130

DSA: 4439