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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : PostgreSQL vulnerabilities (USN-6104-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176338

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 22.10 / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6104-1 advisory.

 - CREATE SCHEMA ... schema_element defeats protective search_path changesmore details (CVE-2023-2454)

 - Row security policies disregard user ID changes after inliningmore details (CVE-2023-2455)

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.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6104-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176338

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6104-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, 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-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-15, 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-client-15, 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-plperl-15, 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-plpython3-15, 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-pltcl-15, 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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2023

Reference Information

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

USN: 6104-1