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SUSE SLED12: libecpg6 / libpq5 / libpq5-32bit / postgresql / postgresql-contrib / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3755-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155659

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3755-1 advisory.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2021-23214: Make the server reject extraneous data after an SSL or GSS encryption handshake (bsc#1192516).
 - CVE-2021-23222: Make libpq reject extraneous data after an SSL or GSS encryption handshake (bsc#1192516).

 This update also ships postgresql14 to SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5. (jsc#SLE-22673) On older service packs only libpq5 and libecpg6 are being replaced by the postgresql14 variants.

 Feature changes in postgresql14:

 - https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-14-released-2318/
 - https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/release-14.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192516

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23214

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23222

http://www.nessus.org/u?3b83984a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155659

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3755-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.82

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql-pltcl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2021

Reference Information

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

IAVB: 2021-B-0067-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3755-1