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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : PostgreSQL vulnerabilities (USN-5145-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155295

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 21.04 / 21.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5145-1 advisory.

 - When the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption. (CVE-2021-23214)

 - A man-in-the-middle attacker can inject false responses to the client's first few queries, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption. (CVE-2021-23222)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5145-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155295

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5145-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2021

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23214

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-compat3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpgtypes3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-client-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-client-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23214, CVE-2021-23222

USN: 5145-1