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Debian DLA-2857-1 : postgis - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 156321

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2857 advisory.

 - PostGIS 2.x before 2.3.3, as used with PostgreSQL, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted ST_AsX3D function input, as demonstrated by an abnormal server termination for SELECT ST_AsX3D('LINESTRING EMPTY'); because empty geometries are mishandled. (CVE-2017-18359)

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

Solution

Upgrade the postgis packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.1+dfsg-2+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/postgis

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2857

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18359

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/postgis

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156321

File Name: debian_DLA-2857.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/27/2021

Updated: 11/22/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18359

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblwgeom-2.3-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblwgeom-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgis, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgis-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgis-gui, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-9.6-postgis-2.3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-9.6-postgis-2.3-scripts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-9.6-postgis-scripts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18359