RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-postgresql96-postgresql (RHSA-2017:3405)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194128

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-postgresql96-postgresql.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3405 advisory.

- postgresql: Start scripts permit database administrator to modify root-owned files (CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097)

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-postgresql96-postgresql package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:3405.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194128

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3405.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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15097

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-contrib-syspaths, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-server-syspaths, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-postgresql-syspaths, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql96-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: 12/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12172, CVE-2017-15097

CWE: 59

RHSA: 2017:3405

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