Debian DSA-5007-1 : postgresql-13 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 176381

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5007 advisory.

- When the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption. (CVE-2021-23214)

- A man-in-the-middle attacker can inject false responses to the client's first few queries, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption. (CVE-2021-23222)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the postgresql-13 packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 13.5-0+deb11u1.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1964ded4

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5007

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23214

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23222

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/postgresql-13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176381

File Name: debian_DSA-5007.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/25/2023

Updated: 5/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23214

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-compat3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpgtypes3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-client-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-doc-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plperl-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-plpython3-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-pltcl-13, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-server-dev-13, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23214, CVE-2021-23222