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CentOS 8 : postgresql-jdbc (CESA-2020:3176)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145843

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:3176 advisory.

 - postgresql-jdbc: XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in PgSQLXML (CVE-2020-13692)

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

Solution

Update the affected postgresql-jdbc and / or postgresql-jdbc-javadoc packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3176

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145843

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-3176.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13692

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-jdbc-javadoc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13692

RHSA: 2020:3176