CentOS 8 : libpq (CESA-2022:1891)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 160954

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-2022:1891 advisory.

- postgresql: libpq processes unencrypted bytes from man-in-the-middle (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 libpq and / or libpq-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1891

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 160954

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2022-1891.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2022

Updated: 2/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23222

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpq, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpq-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23222

IAVB: 2021-B-0067-S

RHSA: 2022:1891