SUSE SLES12: libecpg6 / libecpg6-32bit / libpq5 / libpq5-32bit / postgresql15 / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:2206-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175807

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2206-1 advisory.

Updated to version 15.3:
- CVE-2023-2454: Fixed an issue where a user having permission to create a schema could hijack the privileges of a security definer function or extension script (bsc#1211228).
- CVE-2023-2455: Fixed an issue that could allow a user to see or modify rows that should have been invisible (bsc#1211229).
- Internal fixes (bsc#1210303).

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175807

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2206-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/16/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2454

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql15-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql15-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql15-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql15-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql15-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql15-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql15-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql15-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5

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: 5/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2454, CVE-2023-2455

IAVB: 2023-B-0034-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2206-1

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