Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : PostgreSQL vulnerability (USN-5571-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164280

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5571-1 advisory.

- Extension scripts replace objects not belonging to the extensionmore details (CVE-2022-2625)

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-5571-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164280

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5571-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2022

Updated: 7/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2625

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-: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-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-14, 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-client-14, 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-plperl-14, 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-plpython3-14, 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-pltcl-14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-14

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2625

IAVB: 2022-B-0028-S

USN: 5571-1