RHEL 7 : rh-postgresql12-postgresql (RHSA-2020:5112)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170328

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-postgresql12-postgresql.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5112 advisory.

- postgresql: ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION is missing authorization checks (CVE-2020-1720)

- postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in logical replication (CVE-2020-14349)

- postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION (CVE-2020-14350)

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 RHEL rh-postgresql12-postgresql package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:5112.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?106f3cd7

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5112

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798852

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1865744

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1865746

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170328

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5112.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14349

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14350

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-contrib-syspaths, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-server-syspaths, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-syspaths, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql12-postgresql-test

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14349, CVE-2020-14350, CVE-2020-1720

CWE: 20, 285

RHSA: 2020:5112