RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-postgresql95-postgresql (RHSA-2018:2511)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194013

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-postgresql95-postgresql.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2511 advisory.

- postgresql: Memory disclosure in JSON functions (CVE-2017-15098)

- postgresql: INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE fails to enforce SELECT privileges (CVE-2017-15099)

- postgresql: pg_upgrade creates file of sensitive metadata under prevailing umask (CVE-2018-1053)

- postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in pg_dump and other client applications (CVE-2018-1058)

- postgresql: Certain host connection parameters defeat client-side security defenses (CVE-2018-10915)

- postgresql: Missing authorization and memory disclosure in INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE statements (CVE-2018-10925)

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-postgresql95-postgresql package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2511.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194013

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2511.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/27/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1058

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql95-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: 8/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15098, CVE-2017-15099, CVE-2018-1053, CVE-2018-1058, CVE-2018-10915, CVE-2018-10925

CWE: 20, 200, 377, 863, 89

RHSA: 2018:2511

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